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Anna Karenina is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Betty Nansen. It was the first American adaptation of the 1877 novel by Leo Tolstoy. The film is considered to be lost.[1][2][3] Some scenes were shot on location at a ski resort near Montreal.

Anna Karenina
Newspaper advertisement for film, 1915
Directed by	J. Gordon Edwards
Written by	Clara Beranger
Based on	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Betty Nansen Edward José
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	April 1, 1915 (1915-04-01)
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Plot

Anna Karenina is a married aristocrat and socialite living in Saint Petersburg. She is living a torrid romance with a wealthy and young count, he loves her and is willing to marry her once she leave her husband.

However, Russian society's rejection makes her feel isolated, possessive and even paranoid due to her infidelity's suspicions which will lead eventually to her suicide.

Cast

• Betty Nansen as Anna Karenina
• Edward José as Baron Alexis Karenin
• Richard Thornton as Prince Vronsky
• Stella Hammerstein

See also

• List of lost films
• 1937 Fox vault fire

References

Bibliography

• Krefft, Vanda. The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox. HarperCollins, 2017.

External links

• Anna Karenina at IMDb
• Anna Karenina at the TCM Movie Database

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