The Tolstoy Library

In which a public spectacle turns to tragedy and reveals the fraught emotional undercurrents swirling around Anna, as she struggles with despair and conflicting loyalties while surrounded by indiffere...

12 Huhti 9min

In which Anna, poised and radiant despite the uneasy stirrings within her, entertains her husband Alexey Alexandrovitch and his companion with a grace mingled with a peculiar nervous brilliance. The d...

12 Huhti 6min

In which the spirited gathering at the race-course serves as a stage where Anna Karenina's keen observations reveal the complex and often painful interplay of social ambition, disguised emotions, and ...

12 Huhti 10min

In which Alexey Alexandrovitch busies himself with official duties and outward appearances, while inwardly harbouring a melancholy and troubled heart concerning his domestic life. Though surrounded by...

11 Huhti 10min

In which the restless Vronsky, caught between the turmoil of his thoughts and the urgency of the approaching race, navigates the lively world of the steeplechase with a mingling of agitation and compo...

11 Huhti 13min

In which the tension and vivid excitement of a dangerous steeplechase unfold before an eager and expectant crowd, as one young officer and his spirited mare strive with steadfast determination to clai...

11 Huhti 12min

In which the lingering rain gives way to a dazzling sunshine that mirrors the sudden illumination of Vronsky’s hopes to find Anna alone, yet the innocent presence of her son remains an unspoken bounda...

10 Huhti 12min

In which the restless spirit of a horse and its rider are revealed in the quiet moments before a steeplechase, as Vronsky tends to his mare with an intensity that mirrors his own inner tumult. Amid re...

10 Huhti 11min