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Directed by British filmmaker Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice), and adapted to screen by UK screenwriter Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Brazil), this creative Oscar- and BAFTA-winning historical drama is ambitious in its scope. Starring an array of British acting talent including Matthew Macfayden and Kelly Macdonald, the film was co-produced by London-based Universal Pictures and Working Title Films.

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Anna Karenina (Keira Knightley) causes a public scandal when she has an affair with Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), being given the difficult choice by her husband (Jude Law) of exiling with Vronsky but never seeing her son again, or staying with her family and abiding by strict rules. Meanwhile, a farmer named Levin (Domhnall Gleeson) yearns for Princess Kitty (Alicia Vikander), who is hopelessly in love with Vronsky.