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.

Claire Bloom
as Anna Karenina

Sean Connery
as Count Alexei Vronsky

Albert Lieven
as Alexei Karenin

Valerie Taylor
as Countess Vronsky

Jack Watling
as Stiva Prince Oblonsky

Daphne Anderson
as Dolly

June Thorburn
as Kitty

Frank Williams
as Korsunsky

Alan Tilvern
as Makhotin

David Lander
as Yashvin
CinemaSerf
Even at 1¾ hours long, it's still quite tough to enliven the detail from Tolstoy's story into a television drama - and a black and white one, too. This one tries quite hard but falls just a little short on the imagination front. Clare Bloom takes the lead as the lady going through the marital motion...