Love
1927·Drama·1h 21m
7.0
★
In Imperial Russia, Anna Karenina falls in love with the dashing military officer Count Vronsky and abandons her husband and child to become his mistress.
Directed by Edmund Goulding
military officer
extramarital affair
silent film
imperial russia
mother child separation
social scandal
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Cast
John Gilbert
Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky
Greta Garbo
Anna Karenina
George Fawcett
Grand Duke Michael
Emily Fitzroy
Grand Duchess
Brandon Hurst
Senator Karenin
Philippe De Lacy
Serezha Karenin (as Philippe de Lacy)
Mathilde Comont
Marfa the Hostess at Inn (uncredited)
Edward Connelly
Russian Orthodox Priest (uncredited)
Carrie Daumery
Dowager (uncredited)
Dorothy Sebastian
Spectator at Race (uncredited)
Jacques Tourneur
Extra (uncredited)
Crew
Edmund Goulding
Director
John Gilbert
Co-Director
Frances Marion
Writer
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Edmund Goulding
Producer
Lorna Moon
Adaptation
Leo Tolstoy
Novel
Cedric Gibbons
Settings
Popular Reviews
8 reviews
YayaPRO
5.0★ · 12/05/25
This is not a very interesting movie, visually or narratively talking… for its time it is by no means bad but it doesn’t have much going for it, except Greta Garbo who isn’t even at the top of her game here.
I firmly believe that not only is Anna Karenina (1935) a better film, but Garbo’s performance in it is also richer and far more absorbing (I guess I prefer her more natural acting style in her older films).
As I had already seen the other version, this one naturally felt a bit dull and uninteresting; but that might just be because I’m already so familiar with the story (even though they did alter the ending here), so it’s not really the movie’s fault.
Thinking about the amount of mid movies I’d go through for my queen though…
I firmly believe that not only is Anna Karenina (1935) a better film, but Garbo’s performance in it is also richer and far more absorbing (I guess I prefer her more natural acting style in her older films).
As I had already seen the other version, this one naturally felt a bit dull and uninteresting; but that might just be because I’m already so familiar with the story (even though they did alter the ending here), so it’s not really the movie’s fault.
Thinking about the amount of mid movies I’d go through for my queen though…
This is not a very interesting movie, visually or narratively talking… for its time it is by no means bad but it doesn’t have much going for it, except Greta Garbo who isn’t even at the top of her game here.
I firmly believe that not only is Anna Karenina (1935) a better film, but Garbo’s performance in it is also richer and far more absorbing (I guess I prefer her more natural acting style in her older films).
As I had already seen the other version, this one naturally felt a bit dull and uninteresting; but that might just be because I’m already so familiar with the story (even though they did alter the ending here), so it’s not really the movie’s fault.
Thinking about the amount of mid movies I’d go through for my queen though…
I firmly believe that not only is Anna Karenina (1935) a better film, but Garbo’s performance in it is also richer and far more absorbing (I guess I prefer her more natural acting style in her older films).
As I had already seen the other version, this one naturally felt a bit dull and uninteresting; but that might just be because I’m already so familiar with the story (even though they did alter the ending here), so it’s not really the movie’s fault.
Thinking about the amount of mid movies I’d go through for my queen though…
mimi
5.0★ · 03/27/25
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7.0★ · 03/15/25
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