Screen legend greta garbo ninotchka, grand hotel and. Hulton archivegetty images i suppose more nonsense has been written and talked about greta garbo than about any. While i will probably debate with myself whether she or vivien leigh is the best. With greta garbo, fredric march, freddie bartholomew, maureen osullivan. Anna karenina greta garbo is the wife of czarist official karenin basil rathbone. The married anna karenina falls in love with count vronsky despite her husbands refusal to grant a divorce, and both must contend with the social repercussions. They won her the new york film critics awards for best actress in 1935 and 1936. With sophie marceau, sean bean, alfred molina, mia kirshner. Anna karenina 1935 official trailer greta garbo, fredric march.
Greta garbo stars in the title role, with fredric march as vronsky. Anna karenina is a 1935 metrogoldwynmayer film adaptation of the 1877 novel anna karenina by leo tolstoy and directed by clarence brown. Many writers consider anna karenina the greatest work of literature ever and tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. Anna christie is a 1930 metrogoldwynmayer precode tragedy film adaptation of the 1922 play of the same name by eugene oneill. Born greta lovisa gustafsson on september 18, 1905, she grew up in poverty in a grey and difficult stockholm. The film stars greta garbo, fredric march, basil rathbone and maureen osullivan. March was a great actor, but i thought his count vronsky was too cold and unloving. It is greta garbos personality which makes this film, which fills the mould of the neat respectful adaptation with some sense of the greatness in the novel. Anna karenina greta garbo starred in this story once before in 1927. Anna karenina is a film directed by clarence brown with greta garbo, fredric march, basil rathbone, maureen osullivan, year.
By 1935, anna karenina had already been filmed a bunch of times, and this is greta garbos second go around. A great adaptation of one of the most renowned books of all time. Anna marceau is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome count vronsky bean. There are several other film adaptations of the novel in new york, the film opened at the capitol theatre, the site of many prestigious mgm premieres. Of her childhood home she said, where we lived, all the houses and apartments looked alike, their ugliness matched by everything surrounding us. Greta garbos hidden letters revealed a secret love for. It featured greta garbo in one of her most acclaimed roles. Anna karenina movie 1935 greta garbo, fredric march video.
Love is a silent film directed by edmund goulding and released by metrogoldwynmayer. Greta garbo anna karenina fredric march count vronsky freddie bartholomew sergei basil rathbone alexei karenin maureen osullivan kitty scherbatsky may robson countess vronsky reginald owen stiva reginald denny yashvin phoebe foster dolly oblonsky gyles isham constantine levin buster phelps grisha ella ethridge annas maid joan marsh lili. Anna karenina was a remake of garbo s 1927 film love but this it was more loyal the original novel. Top notch production and costume design with lovely cinematography. A married woman compromises her social standing and family life when she falls for a young officer.
Absolutely none of that competes with the phenomenal greta garbo as anna. A scene from the 1935 film anna karenina, featuring greta garbo. With john gilbert, greta garbo, george fawcett, emily fitzroy. The new version by knightly portrays anna as reckless and a shallow socialite. But the soul of the film is greta garbo in a nuanced performance that won the new york film critics best actress award. Silent film was titled love and john gilbert had the role now handled by fredric march. Set during the reign of nicholas i, the film tells the story of anna karenina played by garbo, the. The film is an excellent screen adaptation of leo tolstoys great novel. She was best known for her portrayals of strongwilled heroines, most of them as compellingly enigmatic as garbo herself. Her most famous roles were in anna karenina and camille.
It was adapted by frances marion, produced and directed by clarence brown with paul bern and irving thalberg as coproducers. Blandt hendes mest kendte film er mata hari 1931, anna karenina 1935, kameliadamen 1936 og ninotchka 1939. Greta garbo is outstanding far better than keira knightly in a new version. While she tries to persuade her brother stiva reginald owen from a life of. Fredric march and basil rathbone are strong in their respective roles. Daniels, the art direction by cedric gibbons and the costume design by adrian. In this filmization of leo tolstoys novel, greta garbo plays the sheltered wife of czarist official rathbone. Near the beginning of this film is one of the most memorable and famed. The married anna karenina falls in love with count vronsky despite her husbands refusal to grant a divorce, and.
This black and white film is a great classic and the portrayal by garbo of anna karenina. A massive commercial and critical success upon release in 1935, anna karenina was, at the time, one of the biggest boxoffice hits of greta garbos career. This black and white film is a great classic and the portrayal by garbo of anna karenina is mature and tragic as the story was written. Anna karenina garbo, a young russian woman trapped in a loveless marriage, meets and falls in love with count vronsky fredric march, a member of the russian army. In this lean adaptation of tolstoys novel, garbo in her second go as anna after 1927s silent stars as the russian countess, married to a career diplomat basil rathbone while yearning for an upandcoming military officer. It was initially released in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical the russian. Anna karenina 1935 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Trailer of anna karenina 1935 where the film based on leo tolstoys epic. Fredric march portrays count vronsky, and basil rathbone plays karenin.
Greta garbo, swedish american actress who was one of the most glamorous and popular motionpicture stars of the 1920s and 30s. Selznick suggested garbo and mgm many other stories for possible garbo films. Greta garbo in her element as anna karenina july 2010 carla brunis no greta garbo, but shes an attentiongrabber for director woody allen. Greta garbo was born greta lovisa gustafsson on september 18, 1905, in stockholm, sweden, to anna. Anna karenina, fictional character, the tragic heroine of anna karenina 187577 by leo tolstoy. Greta garbo, the silent turned talkie screen icon of the 1920s and 30s, lived a lonely life, as detailed in a newly unearthed cache of intimate letters from the actress to her closest. At first selznick didnt want to produce this film for garbo. Such a sprawling and weighty book doesnt really lend itself to a screen adaptation, but by god it didnt stop anyone from extracting the melodrama and the pathos from it. Mgm made the film in order to capitalize on its winning romantic team of greta garbo and john gilbert who had starred in the 1926 blockbuster, flesh and the devil taking full advantage of the star power, a drama was scripted based on leo tolstoys 1877 novel, anna karenina. The character has been notably portrayed by greta garbo 1935. Anna karenina, american dramatic film, released in 1935, that was an adaptation of leo tolstoys classic novel of the same name. Anna karenina este considerat cel mai mai cinematografic roman al lui tolstoi. The swedishborn actress was a superstar at the time, hugely popular for such films as anna christie, grand hotel, ninotchka, queen christina, anna karenina, flesh and the devil and mata hari.