Produced in England and released in the US by 20th Century Fox, this handsomely mounted but stolid adaptation of Tolstoy’s classic novel stars Vivien Leigh in the title role as a 19th century Russian gentlewoman who leaves her bureaucrat husband (Ralph Richardson) for a dashing army officer (Kieron Moore).
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
312222
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain
Literature → Russian literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)