Anna Karenina (1920 film)

Anna Karenina is a 1920 German silent historical film, directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Johannes Riemann, and Heinrich Peer. It is an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel Anna Karenina. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.

Anna Karenina
Directed by	Frederic Zelnik
Written by	Fanny Carlsen
Based on	Anna Karenina 1878 novel by Leo Tolstoy
Starring	Lya Mara Johannes Riemann Heinrich Peer
Cinematography	Willy Goldberger
Production company	Zelnik-Mara-Film
Release date	1920 (1920)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Cast

• Lya Mara as Anna Karenina
• Johannes Riemann as Graf Vronski
• Heinrich Peer as Staatsrat Karenin
• Rudolf Forster as Graf Ljevin
• Olga Engl as Furstin Sherbatzki
• Fritz Achterberg
• Josef Commer
• Melitta Klefer
• Lu L'Arronge
• Dora Schlüter
• Fritz Schulz

See also

1. "Way Down East" (1920): Directed by D.W. Griffith, this silent film tells the story of a country girl who gets seduced by a wealthy man and is left to deal with the consequences.
2. "The Scarlet Letter" (1926): Another adaptation of a classic novel, this silent film stars Lillian Gish and tells the story of Hester Prynne, a woman shunned after bearing a child out of wedlock.
3. "The Sheik" (1921): A romantic drama where a young woman is kidnapped and then falls in love with her captor, the Sheik. Rudolph Valentino's iconic role made him a legendary silent film heartthrob.
4. "Broken Blossoms" (1919): Directed by D.W. Griffith, it's a tragic love story between a Chinese man and a British woman in London.
5. "Flesh and the Devil" (1926): A romantic drama starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert, it's about childhood friends turned lovers whose relationship is tested by seduction and societal expectations.
6. "Camille" (1921): Starring Alla Nazimova and Rudolph Valentino, this silent film adaptation of the novel and play "La Dame aux Camélias" revolves around a doomed romance.

Bibliography

• Nelmes, Jill; Selbo, Jule, eds. (2015). Women Screenwriters: An International Guide. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-31236-5.

External links

• Anna Karenina at IMDb