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The film is a rendition of Resurrection, Tolstoy’s last novel. It begins with a reading of the beginning of the first part in Naples, in September 2012. It moves on to Berlin, Locarno 2013, Oneglia, Paris, Casalborgone, and it ends in Milan with the beginning of the second part. The places and times change, and so do the people doing the reading. But also, in the middle, real people and voices surface, like Adamo Vergine at his home and Jean François Neplaz in Marseilles. The film searches for the possible faces of Tolstoy’s two protagonists in Oneglia, Procida, and Casalborgone.
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The film is about unforgivable happiness, about virtue that inspires hatred, about wrong thoughts and the desire to live. And about "the eternal mistake that people make, imagining happiness as the fulfillment of desire." “Anna Karenina. Intimate Diary ”is a bright modern psychological drama, an experimental adaptation of the classics of world literature. The plot of the novel by Leo Tolstoy transferred to modern realities.
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Anna Karenina in modern realities.
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Año 1904. Han pasado treinta años desde la muerte de Anna Karenina (Elizaveta Boyarskaya), mujer que en su juventud tomó la difícil decisión de abandonar a su marido y a su hijo para entregarse a su amante, el Conde Vronsky (Maksim Matveev). Ahora, el Conde y Serguei Karenin (Kirill Grebenshchikov), el hijo de Anna ya adulto convertido en doctor militar, son oficiales del ejército al mando de una pequeña posición rusa en Manchuria, a punto de ser derrotada por las fuerzas japonesas. En los pocos días que comparten, y pese a la mutua desconfianza, Serguei y Vronsky tendrán la oportunidad de revisitar su pasado para, finalmente, encontrar las respuestas que ambos han buscado durante tanto tiempo.
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In late nineteenth-century Russia, Martin Avdeitch is a humble shoemaker whose life has been characterized by grief. Martin must find the courage to look outside himself and trust in the goodness of God. This BYUtv original holiday special is based on Leo Tolstoy's short story, "Martin the Cobbler," and stars John Rhys-Davies.
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Adaptación de la famosa novela del ruso León Tolstoi, "Ana Karenina", en esta ocasión protagonizada por Keira Knightley, que encarna a Anna Karenina; Jude Law, que interpreta a Alexei Karenin; y Aaron Johnson, como el joven conde Vronsky. El director Joe Wright, experto en adaptaciones literarias tras el éxito de 'Orgullo y prejuicio' y 'Expiación', aborda esta cinta pasional y de adulterio en la que nuestra heroína, Anna, una refinada dama de la alta sociedad rusa de finales del siglo XIX que, a pesar de estar casada, se enamora de un joven por el que perderá la cabeza y la llevará a dejarse en evidencia dentro del puritano orden social de la época. Una historia de tumultuoso deseo que, además de ser considerada en su momento como una crítica despiadada a la aristocracia rusa, se convirtió también en todo un símbolo de los derechos de libertad de la mujer para elegir su destino en un momento en el que se encontraba a merced de los designios del hombre que fuera su esposo.
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Un hombre de negocios llamado Basili y su chofer, Nick, conducen al corazón de las montañas Rocosas, en medio de condiciones meteorológicas peligrosas. Cuando el viaje se convierte en potencialmente fatal, Basili debe decidir si está dispuesto a sacrificar su propia vida por la vida del otro. (FILMAFFINITY)
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Jack Hussar es un legendario director de Hollywood, cuyo personaje inspira respeto y adoración de sus fans. ¿Podrá su hijo, Jack Jr. mantener su legado?
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A man becomes obsessively jealous of his pianist wife and her violinist companion.
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Chouga is a beautiful, rich and beloved young woman. She is thirty and lives in Astana, the Kazak new capital. She is married to a famous scientist in his sixties and has a seven-year-old son. Her brother and sister-in-law live in Almaty. The couple is tearing apart and Chouga’s brother requests her to come and try to bring them back together. There she meets Ablaï, a rich and idle young man whom she strongly feels attracted to. Once back to Astana, Chouga tries to withstand this sensual attraction about which she has a premonition of a tragic outcome.
Self (archive footage)
An examination of the life of great Russian author Leo Tolstoy, who penned the 1877 novel Anna Karenina.
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Ivan Beckman, Hollywood's most sought-after talent agent, the darling and crown prince of La La Land, is dead. How and why did it happen? Was it drugs, murder, or perhaps something altogether more mundane? We begin with an ending and then catapult back a number of days to the apex of Ivan's brilliant career as he bags international megastar Don West onto his company's books. We then follow Ivan through the highs, lows, and extreme excesses of his final days.
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Rusia Imperial. Cuando Anna Karenina, una bella aristócrata infelizmente casada, conoce a Alexei Vronsky, un apuesto militar con un futuro prometedor, entre ambos surge un tempestuoso y apasionado romance que mantendrán en secreto. Pero pronto los rumores invadirán las altas esferas, provocando un escándalo que marcará el destino de los amantes.
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A film based on a Tolstoy novel about naïveté, idealism and love facing harsh reality.
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Al estallar la guerra en el Cáucaso, dos soldados rusos son heridos y hechos prisioneros por las fuerzas musulmanas: el novato Vania (Sergei Bodrov, Jr.) y el veterano Sasha (Oleg Menshikov). Ambos son conducidos a un pueblo de montaña por un viejo checheno que espera canjearlos por su hijo, que ha sido capturado por el ejército ruso. Adaptación del relato de Tolstoi "El prisionero del Cáucaso"(FILMAFFINITY)
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Strangers on a train. Late in 1916, a brave and idealistic Russian officer in his 20s comes to his superiors' attention when he stands up to Rasputin at a nightclub. He's asked to carry important papers from Petersburg to Stockholm by train in the dead of winter, a dangerous mission. The first-class carriage may be full of spies, and soon after the train embarks, the man in the next compartment searches Obozow's luggage. A beautiful stranger approaches him, a woman older than he, on a concert tour; a game of cat and mouse ensues with patriotism and emotion sometimes on opposite sides. Can Obozow consummate the affair, reach Stockholm, and maintain his ideals?
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BBC production of 'Sergei Prokofiev (I)"s opera "War and Peace" performed by the Kirov Opera under the baton of Valery Gergiev in St. Petersburg, Russia. The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, is intertwined with the "Great Patriotic War" of 1812 against the invading Napoleon's Armies. People of Russia from all classes of society stand up united against the enemy. Both sides suffer tremendous losses during the war, and Russian society is left irrevocably changed.
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The story of a murder out of jealousy. After his release from prison, the perpetrator tells the story of his marriage and tries to understand the reasons for his actions.
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A revelatory discussion on a train. Based on Leo Tolstoy's novel of the same name.
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A Soviet film adaptation of Tolstoy's 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich.'
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Story of an extraordinary musician, violinist, who was famous, but his alcoholism led him to poverty. Now he is playing time from time to rich people. Then Albert meets count Delesov, who tries to change Albert's life. Two different characters, two ways of life confront... Will Albert change? Should he?
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Cuando el tren de Anna está llegando a Moscú, un trabajador del ferrocarril cae accidentalmente en las vías. Mientras tanto, un amigo de la infancia de Stiva, Konstantín Dmítrievich Lyovin llega a Moscú para proponer matrimonio a la hermana menor de Dolly, Ekaterina Aleksándrovna Shcherbátskaya ("Kitty"). Kitty lo rechaza esperando una oferta de matrimonio del oficial Conde Alekséi Kiríllovich Vronski. Pero a pesar de su interés por Kitty, él no piensa en casarse con ella. Pronto se enamora de Anna, después de conocerla en la estación de tren de Moscú y bailar una mazurca con ella en una fiesta.
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Adaptación de un relato breve de Leon Tolstoi: "El billete falso". Yvon es un joven que es injustamente acusado de traficar con dinero falso. A partir de ese error judicial, la adversidad dominará su vida. Durante su estancia en prisión, el ambiente en el que se mueve lo va degradando y corrompiendo hasta convertirlo en una persona sin escrúpulos ni principios morales.
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Raouf gets involved with Azhar in their relationship, graduates and appoints a detective, Raouf abandons Azhar, and marries Rashid's daughter Siham. Azhar marries the pimp Zaghlol, and he forces her to work with him. Raouf surprised Azhar is accused in a case of prostitution. He regrets his abandonment, and stands with her.
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A film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy.
The main character of the film is Prince Stepan Kasatsky, an officer, an ardent, proud young man — a big fan of the tsar. Kasatsky is going to marry, but at the last moment he learns from the bride that she was the mistress of the emperor. The prince is deeply disappointed in social life, he takes a monastic vow and leaves the capital. Faith in God was to save the soul, but passions and worldly temptations don't leave Kasatsky.
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A poor cobbler has a dream in which he hears the Lord promise to visit him. Instead poor people in need of food, clothing, warmth, and understanding come to him. In the end he understands that this is how the Lord visits men today.
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The film is a Bolshoi Ballet version of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina with choreography by Maya Plisetskaya who also took on the titular role. Anna Karenina is a young wife of an older husband. She has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky. By following her desires Anna complicates her life.
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La historia transcurre en Italia durante las últimas semanas del siglo XIX. Giulio Maneri, un anarquista idealista, organiza levantamientos armados con la esperanza de difundir entre los campesinos las ideas revolucionarias.
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Based on the play of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. According to Fyodor Protasov, the surrounding life is riddled with dirt and falsehood. He does not want to participate "in all this dirty trick", he does not have the courage to fight it, and he chooses the third way — to stage suicide.
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A Teutonic lecher on vacation has a wager with some local peasants that he can't make a walking circle from sunrise to sunset to secure some coveted land. The middle-aged businessman embarks on his journey only to be slowed down by the beautiful reporter Scarabea. With thoughts of drunkenness and sex on his warped mind, the man tries to circumnavigate the parcel of property. The story is a retelling of an ancient folk tale told by Tolstoy where the initial victim bets his soul to Satan against the land he desires.
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Una aristocrática bella y joven cuya vida en la cima de la sociedad imperial de Rusia la deja insatisfecha. Un apuesto militar con un título de nobleza y un corazón apasionado. Una aventura que comienza como un capricho privado, pero pronto escandaliza una ciudad entera...
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Mientras Moscú es incendiada por los rusos en retirada, los Rostov huyen de su propiedad, llevándose consigo a los soldados heridos y, sin que ellos lo sepan, también a Andrei. Pierre, vestido de campesino, intenta asesinar a Napoleón pero es hecho prisionero. Cuando los franceses se ven obligados a retirarse, lo hacen marchar durante meses con la Grande Armée, hasta que un grupo de asalto lo libera. Los franceses son derrotados por Kutuzov en la Batalla de Krasnoi. Andrei es reconocido y llevado a su finca. Perdona a Natasha en su lecho de muerte. Se reúne con Pierre y se casan mientras se reconstruye Moscú.
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En 1812, el ejército de Napoleón invade Rusia. Kutuzov le pide a Bolkonsky que se una a él como oficial de estado mayor, pero el príncipe solicita un comando en el campo. Pierre se dispone a observar el próximo enfrentamiento entre los ejércitos. Durante la Batalla de Borodino, se ofrece como voluntario para ayudar en una batería de artillería. La unidad de Bolkonsky espera en la reserva, pero es alcanzada por un proyectil. Tanto Anatol como Bolkosnky sufren heridas graves. El ejército francés sale victorioso y avanza sobre Moscú.
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A fines de 1809, Natasha asiste a su primer baile. Andrei se enamora de ella y tiene la intención de casarse con ella, pero su padre exige que esperen. El príncipe viaja al extranjero y Natasha lo anhela desesperadamente. Pero luego conoce a Anatol Kuragin y se olvida de Andrei. En el último momento, se arrepiente y abandona sus planes de fugarse con Anatol. Bolkonsky se entera y declara que su compromiso ha terminado. Pierre, tratando de calmarla, de repente anuncia que la ama.
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La primera película de una adaptación en cuatro partes de la novela de Leo Tolstoy de 1869. En San Petersburgo de 1805, Pierre Bezukhov, el hijo ilegítimo de un rico noble, es presentado a la alta sociedad. Su amigo, el príncipe Andrei Bolkonsky, se une al Ejército Imperial Ruso como ayudante de campo del general Mikhail Kutuzov en la Guerra de la Tercera Coalición contra Napoleón.
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Campaña napoleónica de 1812. Rusia contempla el implacable avance de las tropas napoleónicas hacia sus fronteras. La idílica vida de los miembros de la alta sociedad (el príncipe Andréi Bolkonsky, el soñador e idealista Pierre Bezukhov o la joven Natacha Rostova) sufrirá un dramático cambio. Antes, los aristócratas, la gente corriente y los siervos vivían en mundos completamente diferentes. Ahora, la necesidad de defender la patria los ha convertido en compañeros de armas.
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Ivan Vasilyevich is in love with Varenka and is admired by her father, Colonel. But the transformation of a tender loving father from a good-natured colonel into a cruel and ruthless tormentor shocked Ivan so much that his feelings for Varenka quickly cooled.
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Anna Karenina es la esposa del oficial zarista Karenin. Mientras trata de inducir a su hermano Stiva de llevar una vida licenciosa, ella se siente atraída por un militar, el Conde Vronsky. Esta relación indiscreta arruina su matrimonio y posición en la sociedad rusa del siglo XIX.
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Historical drama based on the eponymous novel by Leo Tolstoy.
Junker Olenin, a representative of St.Petersburg's golden youth, is traveling from St.Petersburg to the Caucasus in search of romance. His regiment is stationed in the Cossack village. Here he falls in love with the beautiful Maryana and is ready to marry her, but she loves the Cossack Lukashka and is not going to exchange him for the master...
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Katusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to. He follows her to imprisonment in Siberia, intent on redeeming her and himself as well.
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Nahr el Hub is the Egyptian adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina".
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Hadji es un príncipe caucásico que se ha dado cuenta de la tiranía del gobernador y de los abusos a los que somete a sus súbditos. Por ello, el valiente joven cambia y se convierte en el defensor los oprimidos. Hadji lidera a la resistencia chechena para marchar contra las tropas del Zar; pero un rival, Ahmed Khan, lo traiciona y detiene.
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Based on an excerpt from the novel by L.N.Tolstoy "War and Peace."
The war of 1812. The defeated Napoleonic army is retreating. Three Russian soldiers settled in a snowy forest near a fire: a young (Zaletayev), an elderly and a middle-aged one. Zaletayev fantasizes — as if he had captured Napoleon. The soldiers laugh good-naturedly at him. After dinner, they fall asleep...
Two Frenchmen go to the clearing — an officer and a soldier. Russian soldiers wake up and, seeing that the officer is barely standing on his feet from cold and hunger, take him to the colonel. The French soldier sits down to the fire. The Russians give him porridge and vodka. The soldier, encouraged, sings a french song. Zaletayev echoes him. A tired Frenchman falls asleep on Zaletayev’s shoulder. The soldiers carefully shelter him. “Also people,” an elderly soldier says with a sigh.
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En la Rusia de finales del siglo XIX, el príncipe Nekhlioudov es nombrado jurado en un juicio a una muchacha que sedujo y dejó embarazada, y que luego se lanzó a una vida de desenfrenos. Consigue que le sustituyan, pero su sentimiento de culpabilidad no para de aumentar cuando la condenan a trabajos forzados en Siberia. Le pide que se case con él, pero la joven se niega y muere sin perdonarle. El príncipe confía su alma a Dios.
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Durante una carrera de caballos, Ana, una mujer felizmente casada y con un hijo, conoce de una manera accidentada al capitán Brown. Más tarde, vuelven a coincidir en un largo viaje en tren e inevitablemente surge el amor. Los dos intentan olvidar cada uno por su lado, sin embargo, la cosa se va complicando cada vez más, siendo ya imposible frenar la situación. (FILMAFFINITY)
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Adaptación de la novela homónima de Leon Tolstoi. En el año 1805 Napoleón amenaza con invadir Rusia. Pierre Bezukhov es un intelectual pacifista y ocioso, hijo natural de un noble. Cuando estalla la guerra, se mantiene al margen de la contienda y frecuenta la casa de sus amigos los Rostov, una acogedora familia aristocrática, en la que brilla por su encanto y generosidad Natasha.
Short Story
Some time after marrying a sensual girl, Pozdnychev realizes the only link to his spouse is that of physical love. When a violinist with whom his wife plays regularly the “Sonata to Kreutzer” appears, the young woman blooms in a new passion. From then on, her husband is eaten away by jealousy.
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Though her marriage with rich businessman Chan Hak-lit is crumbling, Anna Poon refuses to accept her childhood sweetheart Wong Kei-shu's courtship. Anna's younger sister Mei-na has a crush on Shu and treats Lee Man coldly. When she sees Anna being with Shu, she taunts Anna with stealing who she likes. Anna is hurt and goes back to Chan's house. Chan holds a house party and invites business celebrities. Shu attends it and when tells Anna he loves her when they dance. Anna rejects him and tells him never to see her again. Chan goes to the racecourse. When Shu falls down from a horse, Anna faints. Chan asks Anna what her relationship with Shu is. He warns her not to have any wrongdoing and ruin his reputation. Shu is fine and asks Anna to meet for the last time. Anna cannot turn down him and goes to meets him. Lit miscomprehends the situation and files a divorce. He even forbids Anna to see their daughter. A distressed Anna becomes a victim of love in a conservative society.
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Ah Hing is made pregnant by her master Fan Chun-kit. Fan soon leaves for his studies overseas while Ah Hing suffers gross prosecution and is reduced to becoming a prostitute. In a momentary slip of a struggle, Ah Hing commits manslaughter. Now a qualified lawyer, Fan acquits Ah Hing of the charge, and intends to marry her to redeem his negligence in the past. Ah Hing, however, is determined to pursue an independent life.
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The performance of the Moscow Art Theater. Gorky based on the novel of the same name by L. N. Tolstoy, staged for the stage by one of the founders of the theater V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko.
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Based on the play of the same name by Leo Tolstoy.
The Russian nobleman Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov cannot put up with the hypocrisy of his environment, but is powerless to fight it. He begins to drink, leaves the house and gradually falls. The behavior of Protasov helps to bring his wife Liza closer to a longtime friend of the family, Viktor Karenin. Unable to endure the lies and humiliation associated with the upcoming divorce proceedings, Fedya pretends to commit suicide and seemed to forever leave his family. It is only due to the accident that it becomes known that Fedor Protasov is alive. Liza, reconciled with the death of her husband and became the wife of Karenin, is summoned to court on charges of duality. To stop the stupid and deceitful comedy of the court and rid the shame of innocent people, Protasov shoots himself.
Self (archive footage) (as Leo Tolstoy)
Nicole Védrèss' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of original material, all authentic, secured from more then 700 films belonging to public and private collections. A few of the celebrities of the time shown are Enrico Caruso, Sarah Bernhardt, and Maurice Chevalier.
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Stefan Oblonsky pide a su hermana Anna Karenina que abandone San Petersburgo y regrese a Moscú para ayudarle a resolver ciertas desavenencias con su esposa Dolly. En el tren Anna viaja en compañía de la condesa Vronsky, a la que espera su hijo en la estación. El coronel Vronsky y Anna se enamoran a primera vista y cuando vuelven a San Petersburgo continúan intimando en las fiestas. Pero ella está casada y tiene un hijo pequeño, por lo que deben ser muy discretos y prudentes en sus encuentros.
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This flashback heavy melodrama is a loose adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s novella The Kreutzer Sonata named after the Beethoven piece. The story concerns marriage, divorce, love, carnal lust and jealousy.
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Argentinian adaptation of "The Kreutzer Sonata" by Leo Tolstoy.
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A film based on a story by Leo Tolstoy about a cabinet maker, his wife and an angel punished by God.
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Pozdnycheff, a young party animal, destroyed by his lightness the marital happiness of one of his childhood friends who committed suicide. Since then, he is haunted by the memory.
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El conde Vronsky, joven y apuesto oficial, se enamora perdidamente de Anna Karenina, esposa de un alto funcionario de San Petersburgo. Cuando se conocieron en una estación de tren, un guardavías murió arrollado por un tren, y Anna interpretó este hecho como un mal augurio. Como el marido de Anna se niega concederle el divorcio, deciden vivir juntos, pero, a partir de ese momento, se verán marginados por la sociedad a la que pertenecen.
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Dimitri Ivanovich (Fredric March) es un militar de la nobleza que vuelve a la hacienda de sus tías Marie y Sophia, donde se reencuentra con Katusha (Anna Sten), la joven plebeya con la que jugó de pequeño y que está ahora convertida en una preciosa mujer. El amor surge entre ellos, pero el servicio militar de su majestad el zar, reclama a Dimitri y este se marcha luego de haberse esforzado por educar en socio-política a su enamorada. Lo que se avendrá después, es un drama de abandono y sufrimiento, mientras los reclamos de la aristocracia envuelven en sus redes a aquel hombre que parecía tener una gran conciencia.
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Rosario, una joven campesina, se entrega por amor a su novio sin sospechar que él la engaña con otra. La decepción y el dolor por la muerte de su padre hacen que la joven huya a Veracruz y se convierta en prostituta. Una noche, Rosario conoce a Alberto, un marino del cual queda prendada. Tras pasar una noche de amor juntos, el destino les depara una cruel sorpresa.
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Simultaneously shot Spanish version of Tolstoy adaptation: After a woman he has formerly mistreated is sentenced for a crime a man who was part of her jury joins her on the trip to Siberia to expatiate his guilt.
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Katusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to. He follows her to imprisonment in Siberia, intent on redeeming her and himself as well.
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Directed by Friedrich Feher.
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Feyda is a man of wealth and has many fine qualities, but he is powerless to resist gambling and beautiful women. Feyda falls instantly in love with Lisa, who is engaged to his dear friend Victor.
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Ivan Mozzhukhin is a "...hot-headed Caucasian mountaineer leader whose irrational behavior comes to the attention of the Czar . Hoping to use Hajji Murad as a go-between in his plans to conquer the Caucasus mountaineers, the Russian ruler finds that the hero is not so easily manipulated. Rescuing the beautiful Saira from the Czar's clutches, Hajji Murad leads the mountain people's revolt against the despotic regent." Needless to say, the film ends in tragedy.
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Anna Karenina (Greta Garbo) está casada con el senador Karenin (Brandon Hurst), de quien tiene un hijo de cinco años. Pero cuando conoce al capitán del ejército zarista Alexei Vronsky (John Gilbert), ambos quedan prendados el uno del otro y así comenzará la historia de un gran amor prohibido que, ni la sociedad ni el ejército, aprueban en absoluto.
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Katusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to. He follows her to imprisonment in Siberia, intent on redeeming her and himself as well.
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We have a liberal, modern Czech flapper bound to a serious and bored husband and don't forget the important fact that the wife has a lover so soon the widening gulf between husband and wife leads to stress and resentment and we get a tormented psychological study of irreconcilable differences that will lead to tragedy.
Theatre Play
Highly theatrical version of Tolstoy's play.
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A nobleman wishes to help the woman he had seduced and abandoned years earlier when he learns that she is now on trial for murder.
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"Polikushka" was the only film directed by Aleksandr Sanin, one of Moscow Art Academic Theatre's founders, and is based on Lev Tolstoy's homonym short story. In spite the many differences between the literary oeuvre and its film adaptation it is a remarkable work that is outstanding for its depiction of the cruel realities of Russian society -the harsh life condition of its main character and his family in contrast to the wealth of his mistress;
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The 1918 Hungarian silent version of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.
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"The Living Corpse" - Fedor Protasov is tormented by the thought that his wife Liza never really made a clear choice between him and Victor Karenin, a more conventional rival for her hand. He wants to kill himself, but doesn't have the nerve. Running away from his life, he falls in with Gypsies, and into a sexual relationship with a Gypsy singer Mascha. Meanwhile, his wife Liza, presuming him dead, marries the other man, Victor.
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The story of Prince Stepán Kasátsky discovering his fiancée was the mistress of the Czar, so he then becomes a monk.
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A film adaptation of the play by Leo Tolstoy.
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David Spencer (Holbrook Blinn) is a basically good man, but like all men he has a few character flaws. Alas, these flaws deepen into weaknesses, leading to disaster for Spencer and his lady love Janice Lane (Eleanor Woodruff).
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Anna Karenina is a married aristocrat and socialite living in Saint Petersburg. She is living a torrid romance with a wealthy and young count, he loves her and is willing to marry her once she leave her husband.
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Based -- loosely -- on Leo Tolstoy, this film starred feted stage star Nance O'Neil but is rather better remembered as Theda Bara's follow-up to the sensational A Fool There Was (1914).
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An adaptation of the Tolstoy novel.
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The Kreutzer Sonata is based on a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The work is an argument for the ideal of sexual abstinence and an in-depth first-person description of jealous rage. The main character, Pozdnyshev, relates the events leading up to his killing his wife.
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A kabuki film based on Tolstoy's novel Resurrection.
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An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina is having an extramarital affair that causes her grave consequences.
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Countess Anna Karenina is torn between her lover Vronsky, and her husband, Count Karenin. Anna's love to Vronsky causes her much pain and social pressure. Her passion to Vronsky drives Anna to leave her husband, but Vronsky goes to war, leaving her helpless. Anna feels so meaningless and lonely, that she becomes suicidal and throws herself under a train.
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Directed by Pyotr Chardynin.
Self (as Comte Léon Tolstoï)
It is almost like meeting the renowned Russian author to see this film, we get such a splendid view of him as he leaves his fine estate, find ourselves within touch of him almost, and near enough to watch his every motion as he bids his secretary good-bye before getting on the train. The view of the surrounding country and the peasant folk who each and every one get a kind look from the author, are also most interesting.
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Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. He sets out to redeem her and himself in the process.
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Movie based on Leo Tolstoy's "Three Questions"
