Anna Karenina

Synopsis

Anna Karenina was a 1977 BBC television adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel & tragic story of the love affair between Vronsky, a Russian Count and Anna Karenina, a married upper class woman. Nicola Pagett takes the role of Anna, a young woman who is married to a man twenty years her senior (Eric Porter), and who begins a passionate affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Stuart Wilson). When she falls pregnant, Anna decides to dissolve her marriage and wed Vronsky, but true happiness proves elusive.

First Air Date: 1977-09-25

Last Air Date: 1977-11-27

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 10

Networks: BBC One

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Top Cast

Nicola Pagett as Anna Karenina
Stuart Wilson as Vronsky
Eric Porter as Karenin
Robert Swann as Levin
Davyd Harries as Stiva
Caroline Langrishe as Kitty
Sheila Gish as N/A
Paul Spurrier as N/A
David Gwillim as N/A
Patricia Lawrence as N/A

Seasons

Miniseries (1977)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Part 1 (1977-09-25)

After her brother is found being unfaithful, Anna Karenina persuades her sister-in-law not to leave him.
Ep. 2: Part 2 (1977-10-02)

Army officer Vronsky falls in love with Anna, who returns to her husband, Karenin, and their son.
Ep. 3: Part 3 (1977-10-09)

Anna returns Vronsky's feelings, and becomes pregnant with his child.
Ep. 4: Part 4 (1977-10-16)

Count Alexei chides his wife Anna about her most recent disrespectful behavior then asks that she admit all that has been going on.
Ep. 5: Part 5 (1977-10-23)

After a difficult birth to a baby girl, Anna flees with Vronsky without obtaining a divorce from Karenin.
Ep. 6: Part 6 (1977-10-30)

Levin and Kitty marry and soon after, Kitty discovers that she is pregnant.
Ep. 7: Part 7 (1977-11-06)

Anna and Vronsky return to Russia. After a furious Karenin sees Anna visiting their son, she and Vronsky leave.
Ep. 8: Part 8 (1977-11-13)

Anna decides to marry Vronsky.
Ep. 9: Part 9 (1977-11-20)

Anna commits suicide after becoming increasingly bitter towards Vronsky.
Ep. 10: Part 10 (1977-11-27)

Karenin takes custody of Anna's baby girl, and Vronsky leaves to help fight the Turks in the Serbian revolt.