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.

Tatyana Samoylova
as Anna Karenina

Nikolai Gritsenko
as Karenin

Vasili Lanovoy
as Vronsky

Yuriy Yakovlev
as Stiva Oblonskiy

Boris Goldayev
as Konstantin Lyovin

Anastasiya Vertinskaya
as Kitty

Iya Savvina
as Dolly

Maya Plisetskaya
as princess Betsy

Lidiya Sukharevskaya
as Lidiya Ivanovna

Yelena Tyapkina
as princess Myagkaya