Anna Karenina is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Betty Nansen. It was the first American adaptation of the 1878 novel by Leo Tolstoy. Some scenes were shot on location at a ski resort near Montreal.
Plot 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.
However, her infidelity causes her social peers to ostracize her. In isolation she becomes possessive and even paranoid. Untrustworthy herself, she cannot trust her lover and her mental and emotional instability lead eventually to her suicide.
Cast Betty Nansen as Anna Karenina Edward José as Baron Alexis Karenin Richard Thornton as Prince Vronsky Stella Hammerstein
Preservation With no prints of Anna Karenina located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.(Wayback Machine)
See also List of lost films 1937 Fox vault fire
References
Bibliography Krefft, Vanda. The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox. HarperCollins, 2017.
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