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.

Vivien Leigh
as Anna Karenina

Ralph Richardson
as Alexei Karenin

Kieron Moore
as Count Vronsky

Hugh Dempster
as Stefan Oblonsky

Mary Kerridge
as Dolly Oblonsky

Marie Lohr
as Princess Scherbatsky

Frank Tickle
as Prince Scherbatsky

Sally Ann Howes
as Kitty Scherbatsky

Niall MacGinnis
as Konstantin Levin

Michael Gough
as Nicholai