Anna
Karenina

SALON I
Stiva Oblonsky is unfaithful to his wife Dolly with the female household employees. Katerina (Kitty) Shcherbatskaya is courted by the landowner Konstantin Levin, who has arrived in town for this sole purpose.

ARRIVAL IN MOSCOW
Anna Karenina has arrived in Moscow from St. Petersburg to mediate between Stiva and Dolly. Stiva meets Anna on the train platform while her travel companion, the Countess Vronskaya, is met by her son. Anna Karenina and Alexei Vronsky are introduced, and this first glance becomes a memory that will last a lifetime.

THE BALL
Levin proposes to Kitty but she rejects him. She is infatuated with Vronsky and hopes he will ask her to marry him. But Vronsky only wants one thing from the ballet, and that is to meet Anna Karenina again. When Anna arrives Vronsky only has eyes for her, and Katerina's world collapses. Anna realises that she is the cause of Kitty's lost hopes, and goes on her way.

TO ST. PETERSBURG
Vronsky pursues Anna to St. Petersburg. During the journey they become better acquainted. In St. Petersburg Anna Karenina is met by her husband, Alexei, and son, Seryozha.

IN THE COUNTRY I
After Levin's proposal is rejected, he returns to his estate and avoids other people.

BETSY'S SALON
The salon of Betsy Tverskaya, a friend of Anna's, is a meeting place for the decadent elite of St. Petersburg. While the strife between Dolly and Stiva continues, Anna and Vronsky meet again. When Karenin arrives to fetch his wife, she refuses to accompany him. The Karenins become the major focus of gossip in the salon: Anna has a shadow named Vronsky.
When the company disappears, Anna and Vronsky are unable to hide the passion they feel for one another. Vronsky's love is so great that Anna forgets her feelings of guilt, shame and adultery.

AT THE RACES
The horse races bring together the elite of society, including the Karenins and Oblonskys, Betsy and the Countess Vronskaya. Anna shrieks aloud when Vronsky falls from his horse, and for Karenin and other witnesses this it is proof of her infidelity. Karenin demands that Anna fulfil her marital obligations.

IN THE COUNTRY II
Levin is busy on his estate. Working alongside the farmers, he forgets his broken heart and once again finds meaning in life. The Katerina who arrives in the country is very different to the one he met previously. She and Levin gradually become closer.

AT THE HOME OF THE KARENINS
After the birth of Vronsky's daughter, Anna nearly dies. In this situation, Karenin forgives both her and his rival. Vronsky, who fears Anna will go back to her husband, tries to kill himself.

/ INTERMISSION

ITALY/RUSSIA
Vronsky has travelled to Italy with Anna. She has put her old life behind her – including Seryozha. Vronsky has given up his military career because of Anna. They are happy to be together, but Anna soon longs for her son, and Vronsky misses the social life he once enjoyed.
They return to Russia. Dolly seems to have made her peace with the notoriously unfaithful Stiva.

WEDDING
Kitty and Levin are getting married.

SERYOZHA'S BIRTHDAY
Anna secretly visits her son, Seryozha. He is now being brought up by Karenin's confidante, Lidia Ivanovna. Both ensure that the meeting between mother and son comes to a quick conclusion. Anna and Karenin have a huge fight, and afterwards Anna is left alone and desperate.

LONELINESS I
Anna is completely ruined. She doubts Vronsky's fidelity and tries to deaden her pain and jealousy with opium.

ISOLATION
While Vronsky can still be part of public life, Anna is shut out and despised as an adulteress. Even her best friend, Betsy, turns her back on her. Jealousy and delusions take over completely. She sees a rival in Princess Sorokina, whom Countess Vronskaya has put forward as a spouse for her son.

LONELINESS II/ANNA'S DEATH
In her isolation, Anna feels that her entire life is disintegrating. Even Vronsky can no longer give her the security she needs. She chooses death. 

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