Director: Joe Wright (also directed Pride & Prejudice)
Adaptation by: playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love)
Producers: Working Title Films
Synopsis: Trapped in a loveless marriage, Anna, looks for a better life, but finds only a more complicated one. (IMDb)\
The story takes place in late 19th century Russia, and explores various relationships between members of Russian high-society.
The story unfolds in its original late-19th-century Russia high-society setting and powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart, from the passion between adulterers to the bond between a mother and her children. As Anna questions her happiness, change comes to her family, friends, and community.
Matthew Macfadyen Role: Prince Stepan Arkadyevitch Oblonsky ("Stiva") – a civil servant and Anna's brother.
Other Cast Members:
Keira Knightley: Anna Karenina
Jude Law: Aleksei Karenin (Anna's older husband)
Aaron Johnson: Count Vronsky (Anna's lover)
Alicia Vikander: Kitty (Dolly's younger sister and later Levin's wife)
Kelly Macdonald: Dolly (Oblonsky's wife)
Domhnall Gleeson: Levin (Kitty's suiter and later husband. Friend of Oblonsky)
Andrea Riseborough: Princess Betsy (Anna's wealthy, morally loose society friend and Vronsky's cousin)
Status: began filming September 2011 in the UK and Russia. Focus Features will distribute the movie in the US, and Universal Pictures International internationally, in the second half of 2012.
