Anna Karenina (1920 film)
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| Directed by | Frederic Zelnik |
| Written by | Fanny Carlsen |
| Based on | Anna Karenina 1878 novel by Leo Tolstoy |
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| Cinematography | Willy Goldberger |
Production company | Zelnik-Mara-Film |
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| Country | Germany |
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Anna Karenina is a 1920 German silent historical film, directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Johannes Riemann, and Heinrich Peer.[1] It is an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel Anna Karenina. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.
Plot summary[edit]
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Cast[edit]
- Lya Mara as Anna Karenina
- Johannes Riemann as Graf Vronski
- Heinrich Peer as Staatsrat Karenin
- Rudolf Forster as Graf Ljevin
- Olga Engl as Furstin Sherbatzki
- Fritz Achterberg
- Josef Commer
- Melitta Klefer
- Lu L'Arronge
- Dora Schlüter
- Fritz Schulz
See also[edit]
- "Way Down East" (1920): Directed by D.W. Griffith, this silent film tells the story of a country girl who gets seduced by a wealthy man and is left to deal with the consequences.
- "The Scarlet Letter" (1926): Another adaptation of a classic novel, this silent film stars Lillian Gish and tells the story of Hester Prynne, a woman shunned after bearing a child out of wedlock.
- "The Sheik" (1921): A romantic drama where a young woman is kidnapped and then falls in love with her captor, the Sheik. Rudolph Valentino's iconic role made him a legendary silent film heartthrob.
- "Broken Blossoms" (1919): Directed by D.W. Griffith, it's a tragic love story between a Chinese man and a British woman in London.
- "Flesh and the Devil" (1926): A romantic drama starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert, it's about childhood friends turned lovers whose relationship is tested by seduction and societal expectations.
- "Camille" (1921): Starring Alla Nazimova and Rudolph Valentino, this silent film adaptation of the novel and play "La Dame aux Camélias" revolves around a doomed romance.
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Bibliography[edit]
- Nelmes, Jill; Selbo, Jule, eds. (2015). Women Screenwriters: An International Guide. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-31236-5.
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