Anna Karenina (1985 film)

Anna Karenina is a 1985 American made-for-television romantic drama film based on the famous Leo Tolstoy 1877 novel Anna Karenina starring Jacqueline Bisset and Christopher Reeve and directed by Simon Langton. The film was broadcast on CBS on March 26, 1985.

Plot
Anna Karenina («Анна Каренина»; ) leaves her cold husband for the dashing Count Vronsky in 19th-century Russia. An unfortunate series of events leaves her hopelessly depressed.

Cast

 * Jacqueline Bisset as Anna Karenina
 * Christopher Reeve as Count Aleksei Vronsky
 * Paul Scofield as Aleksei Karenin
 * Ian Ogilvy as Stiva
 * Anna Massey as Betsy
 * Joanna David as Dolly
 * Judi Bowker as Kitty
 * Valerie Lush as Annushka
 * Judy Campbell as Countess Vronsky
 * Paul Geoffrey as Petritsky

Production notes
In his autobiography Still Me, actor Christopher Reeve claimed that while making this movie he learned how to ride a horse, then fell in love with them, which eventually led to his tragic riding accident 10 years later in 1995 when he fell from a horse and became paralyzed.