Anna Karenina - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "Anna Karenina"
Anna Karenina (1935)
Timing: 1:35 (95 min)
Anna Karenina - TMDB rating
6.617/10
81
Anna Karenina - Kinopoisk rating
6.588/10
1184
Anna Karenina - IMDB rating
7/10
6200

Actors and characters

Photo Greta Garbo #123507Photo Greta Garbo #123508Photo Greta Garbo #123509Photo Greta Garbo #123510

Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo
Character Anna Karenina
Photo Fredric March #100100Photo Fredric March #100101Photo Fredric March #100102Photo Fredric March #100103

Fredric March

Fredric March
Character Count Vronsky
Photo May Robson #142753Photo May Robson #142754Photo May Robson #142755Photo May Robson #142756

May Robson

May Robson
Character Countess Vronsky
Photo Basil Rathbone #48459Photo Basil Rathbone #48460Photo Basil Rathbone #48461Photo Basil Rathbone #48462

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone
Character Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin
Photo Reginald Owen #78194Photo Reginald Owen #78195Photo Reginald Owen #78196

Reginald Owen

Reginald Owen
Character Stiva
Photo Phoebe Foster #313724

Phoebe Foster

Phoebe Foster
Character Dolly
Photo Reginald Denny #92588Photo Reginald Denny #92589Photo Reginald Denny #92590

Reginald Denny

Reginald Denny
Character Yashvin
Photo Gyles Isham #313725

Gyles Isham

Gyles Isham
Character Konstantin Demitrievitch Levin
Photo Joan Marsh #94884Photo Joan Marsh #94885Photo Joan Marsh #94886

Joan Marsh

Joan Marsh
Character Lili
Photo Ethel Griffies #142841Photo Ethel Griffies #142842
Ethel Griffies
Character Mme. Kartasoff
Photo Harry Beresford #245101Photo Harry Beresford #291216
Harry Beresford
Character Matve
Photo Sarah Padden #267596Photo Sarah Padden #267597

Sarah Padden

Sarah Padden
Character Governess

What's left behind the scenes

  • Greta Garbo had already played Anna Karenina in Edmund Goulding's film "Love" (1927).
  • Initially, Greta Garbo (1905-1990) became friends with Freddie Bartholomew (1924-1992), but one day Bartholomew, who was then 11 years old, asked her for an autograph for his own uncle. After that incident, their relationship became strictly professional. Bartholomew regretted losing Garbo's friendship for the rest of his life.
  • Greta Garbo was aware that her co-star, Fredric March (1897-1975), was a notorious womanizer and seducer, so – it is claimed – she wore garlic under her dress and deliberately didn't brush her teeth in order to ward off March if necessary.
  • The role of Count Vronsky was offered to Ronald Colman (1891-1958), but upon learning that Greta Garbo would be filming in the movie, he demanded double his fee, and the role of Vronsky was given to Fredric March.
  • The scene with the Russian ballet was filmed exclusively in black and white. No other colors were present in the costumes or makeup of the characters.
  • Greta Garbo categorically refused to film at night, so the film company MGM was forced to construct a soundstage around the railway set where night could be simulated.
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