In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted— but in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.

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Cast

Vivien Leigh

Anna Karenina

Ralph Richardson

Alexei Karenin

Kieron Moore

Count Vronsky

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Hugh Dempster

Stefan Oblonsky

Mary Kerridge

Dolly Oblonsky

Marie Lohr

Princess Scherbatsky

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Frank Tickle

Prince Scherbatsky

Sally Ann Howes

Kitty Scherbatsky

Niall MacGinnis

Konstantin Levin

Michael Gough

Nicholai

Vivien Leigh — Anna Karenina

Vivien Leigh (born November 5, 1913, Darjeeling, India—died July 8, 1967, London, England) was an English actress renowned for her roles in Hollywood and British theater. She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, portraying Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), both performances that solidified her place among the greatest actresses

Ralph Richardson — Alexei Karenin

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Kieron Moore — Count Vronsky

Kieron Moore (born Ciarán Ó hAnnracháin Anglicised Kieron O’Hanrahan; 5 October 1924 – 15 July 2007) was an Irish film and television actor whose career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s. He may be best remembered for his role as Count Vronsky in the 1948 film adaptation of Anna Karenina opposite Vivien Leigh.