This 1948 adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina was produced in England by
Alexander Korda, and released in the US by 20th Century-Fox.
Vivien Leigh plays the title role, a 19th-century Russian gentlewoman married to Czarist official
Ralph Richardson. Though her marriage is not intolerable, Anna is swept off her feet by dashing young military officer Vronsky, played by
Kieron Moore. The ensuing scandal ruins Anna's status in society. Anna Karenina had previously been filmed twice in Hollywood, with both versions starring
Greta Garbo. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide