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Where was Anna Karenina filmed?

2013 film, directed by Joe Wright.

  • Russia

The story is set in Saint Petersburg, about 1,948 miles (3,135 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Saint Petersburg
Filmed in
Russia
Distance
About 1,948 miles (3,135 km) between Saint Petersburg and the nearest filming location.

About Anna Karenina

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Released
2013
Director
Joe Wright
Cast
Keira KnightleyAaron Taylor-JohnsonJude LawMatthew MacfadyenKelly MacdonaldDomhnall GleesonAlicia VikanderMichelle DockeryEmily WatsonOlivia Williams
Genre
DramaRomantic Comedy
Based on
Anna Karenina
Awards
Academy Award for Best Costume Design; Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Costume Design; Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Art Direction; European Film Award for Best Production Designer

The story

In the Russian Empire in 1874, Princess Darya, nicknamed "Dolly", banishes her unfaithful husband, Prince Stephan "Stiva" Oblonsky.

On the train, Anna meets Vronsky's mother, Countess Vronskaya, isolated by her own infidelities.

Stiva informs Levin that Kitty and Vronsky will not be married.

Famous lines from Anna Karenina

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Part 1, Chapter 3Anna Karenina
  • Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.Anna Karenina
  • Stepan Arkadyevitch… liked his newspaper, as he did his cigar after dinner, for the slight fog it diffused in his brain.Anna Karenina
  • Stepan Arkadyevitch was a truthful man in his relations with himself. He was incapable of deceiving himself and persuading himself that he repented of his conduct.Anna Karenina

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