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97年版

Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is given lavish treatment in this lush filmed version by director Bernard Rose. The cinematography and set design, and extravagant costumes are lovely and impressive to look at. That and the sweeping orchestral score, containing music by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev, are almost worth the price of admission by themselves.

As far as the story itself is concerned, some pieces of it work and some don't. The central love story, between Anna Karenina and Count Vronsky, is compelling and tragic. Anna and the Count have an affair, causing much talk. Due to the double standards of the time, Vronsky may still hold his head high in society, while Anna is forced to stay inside and hide her shame. There's the matter of Anna's confused, unfeeling husband -- Anna's fight for a divorce and custody of their son is furious and futile. Sean Bean's portrayal of Vronsky, for some reason, didn't quite hit the