Anna Karenina: Anna and Vronsky meet
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Part two of the Anna Karenina series! I'm very excited about this because I've been able to find almost all the major versions online-and I felt that all of them did a pretty good job of depicting this scene! Sadly, the 1948 version was blocked by UA-cam, so it isn't included here :( As usual, turn on captions for subtitles (I've translated the Russian versions into English) and my commentary. The relevant passage from the book will be posted in the comments. I hope you enjoy the comparison!
0:00-0:12 Intro
0:12-2:14 Anna Karenina (1935) with Greta Garbo and Fredric March
2:14-5:36 Anna Karenina (1967) with Tatyana Samoylova and Vasily Lanovoy
5:36-10:47 Anna Karenina (1977) with Nicola Paget and Stuart Wilson
10:47-13:28 Anna Karenina (1997) with Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean
13:28-15:11 Anna Karenina (2012) with Keira Knightley and Aaron-Taylor Johnson
15:11-16:14 Anna Karenina (2013) with Vittoria Puccini and Santiago Cabrera
16:14-20:51 Anna Karenina (2017) with Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Maksim Matveyev
20:51-21:00 Outro
Also, I added a disclaimer in the video; I edited out the accident that occurs right after Anna and Vronsky meet at the station. This is mostly because the accident is so gory in the 2012 version that I didn't feel comfortable including it in the compilation, and once I had taken it out of the 2012 version, I thought I might as well cut it out of all the others, for consistency's sake. Frustratingly, the accident isn't upsetting or gory in any of the other versions, but I feel that it's better this way. Apologies about this and thank you for understanding.
Lastly, since there's more dialogue in these scenes, there isn't as much space for me to put any commentary. So just in case you're curious, here are some of my thoughts about the various versions.
1935 - The cinema purists are probably going to hate me for this, but I actually found this version very awkward. Fredric March looks like a bandleader and Greta Garbo looks far too mannish to be compelling as the feminine Anna. Also, it feels very of its time, something that I dislike in period dramas. Countess Vronskaya, for example, is reduced to a comic, bumbling old lady, when in the book, she's a complex, interesting, and almost sinister figure, serving to highlight Vronsky's lack of familial love. This one just wasn't for me.
1967 - YURI YAKOVLEV AS OBLONSKY!! Almost too good to be true. Tatyana Samoylova is not my favorite Anna, but there's no denying that she gives a great performance. And Vasily Lanovoy definitely has that puppy-dog look that Tolstoy is so fond of describing. I like the costumes, though they're a little plain. All in all I think this version is very faithful to the book and very enjoyable to watch.
1977 - I absolutely hate this version. I've seen the whole first episode but just could not bring myself to watch any more. It is faithful to the book, but the cinematography is God-awful and I LOATHE Stuart Wilson as Vronsky. He looks okay with the cap on, but with the cap off... it's not pretty. Nicola Paget is tolerable as Anna (but not handsome enough to tempt me... no, just kidding, she's very beautiful!) but I really don't like how they portrayed Countess Vronskaya. Also, the butchering of the Russian names is painful ('Countess Vronsky'...). Just not my cup of tea.
1997 - I've said it before and I will absolutely say it again: Sophie Marceau IS Anna Karenina for me. She is radiant like Vivien Leigh, and has a delicate grace. Sean Bean is a passable Vronsky, albeit a little awkward, and I think the actress who portrays Countess Vronskaya is well cast. And the cinematography and costumes are so, so lovely.
2012 - It's a known fact that I dislike the 2012 version. However, as I was editing it this time, I tried to see it as a comedy, and that helped me to enjoy it a bit more. Keira Knightley is possibly my least favorite Anna, and Matthew MacFadyen is ridiculous as Stiva, but Olivia Williams is amazing as Countess Vronskaya and Aaron Taylor-Johnson is quite a good Vronsky (he's very vapid and his face is made up to look very 1870s). The uniforms suck, but oh well, c'est la vie, apparently.
2013 - This version is personally not my favorite (the costumes feel much more 2013 than 1878 to me), BUT Santiago Cabrera and Vittoria Puccini are the best-looking Vronsky and Anna. Points for that!
2017 - I have mixed feelings about this one. On the one hand, the cinematography is amazing, and Maksim Matveyev is a wonderful Vronsky. On the other hand, I don't like Elizaveta Boyarskaya as Anna. The costumes are pretty, though (the uniforms especially), and the acting is decent. That first shot of Vronsky at the station in the sun is glorious; you really can't get much better than that. But Elizaveta Boyarskaya... I don't know, her Anna just isn't my cup of tea.
Made in September of 2022 :)
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Aaron Taylor Johnson is the best, most handsome Vronsky!
Keira Knightley version is best Anna I imagined while reading. She is so attractive
Keira Knightley is attractive indeed!! What do you think of Aaron Taylor-Johnson?
@@oldfashionedgrrl he plays seducing man ver well too. Very handsome. But I liked Maksim Matveyev 2017 version in Count Vronsky. Anyway, Keira and Maksim wouldn't suit I think
@@irodaikromxonova9556 I agree! Maksim Matveyev is so handsome, and quite a good actor too!
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I really liked Kiera too as Anna, she was a bit older as Anna was supposed to be but beautiful. and I liked the guy who played Vronsky. He wasn’t devastatingly handsome, but his youth, vigor and his persistence and infatuation with Anna is what won her over. I just wish it had been like a regular movie and not look like it was on a stage.
I agree, in the last Russian version the train slowing down in slow motion, i think there were three angle shots, all were perfectly artistic..
The last version is the best. I do like the one with Keira and Aaron Taylor Johnson.
Nicola Pagett and Stuart Wilson are my favourites. Such chemistry. I’d love to see the full length 2017 Russian version.
Although I like the Keira version I must admit the 2013 was very good. It made it obvious he fell for her at first sight. She really captivated him. Sean Bean and Sophie Marceau had great chemistry also, for me.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson is very handsome and sexy. When I saw him I immedietly thought that it should be easy to fall in love with him. This look! ❤️🔥
Oh, me too! He's so handsome!
Каждый отрывок по своему прекрасен. Чудесная история!
The passage in the book, for those who are curious:
'Next day at eleven o’clock in the morning Vronsky drove to the station of the Petersburg railway to meet his mother, and the first person he came across on the great flight of steps was Oblonsky, who was expecting his sister by the same train.
“Ah! your excellency!” cried Oblonsky, “whom are you meeting?”
“My mother,” Vronsky responded, smiling, as everyone did who met Oblonsky. He shook hands with him, and together they ascended the steps. “She is to be here from Petersburg today.”
“I was looking out for you till two o’clock last night. Where did you go after the Shtcherbatskys’?”
“Home,” answered Vronsky. “I must own I felt so well content yesterday after the Shtcherbatskys’ that I didn’t care to go anywhere.”
“I know a gallant steed by tokens sure,And by his eyes I know a youth in love,”
declaimed Stepan Arkadyevitch, just as he had done before to Levin.
Vronsky smiled with a look that seemed to say that he did not deny it, but he promptly changed the subject.
“And whom are you meeting?” he asked.
“I? I’ve come to meet a pretty woman,” said Oblonsky.
“You don’t say so!”
“Honi soit qui mal y pense! My sister Anna.”
…
Vronsky followed the guard to the carriage, and at the door of the compartment he stopped short to make room for a lady who was getting out.
With the insight of a man of the world, from one glance at this lady’s appearance Vronsky classified her as belonging to the best society. He begged pardon, and was getting into the carriage, but felt he must glance at her once more; not that she was very beautiful, not on account of the elegance and modest grace which were apparent in her whole figure, but because in the expression of her charming face, as she passed close by him, there was something peculiarly caressing and soft. As he looked round, she too turned her head. Her shining gray eyes, that looked dark from the thick lashes, rested with friendly attention on his face, as though she were recognizing him, and then promptly turned away to the passing crowd, as though seeking someone. In that brief look Vronsky had time to notice the suppressed eagerness which played over her face, and flitted between the brilliant eyes and the faint smile that curved her red lips. It was as though her nature were so brimming over with something that against her will it showed itself now in the flash of her eyes, and now in her smile. Deliberately she shrouded the light in her eyes, but it shone against her will in the faintly perceptible smile.
…
Vronsky understood now that this was Madame Karenina.
“Your brother is here,” he said, standing up. “Excuse me, I did not know you, and, indeed, our acquaintance was so slight,” said Vronsky, bowing, “that no doubt you do not remember me.”
“Oh, no,” said she, “I should have known you because your mother and I have been talking, I think, of nothing but you all the way.” As she spoke she let the eagerness that would insist on coming out show itself in her smile. “And still no sign of my brother.”
“Do call him, Alexey,” said the old countess. Vronsky stepped out onto the platform and shouted:
“Oblonsky! Here!”
Madame Karenina, however, did not wait for her brother, but catching sight of him she stepped out with her light, resolute step. And as soon as her brother had reached her, with a gesture that struck Vronsky by its decision and its grace, she flung her left arm around his neck, drew him rapidly to her, and kissed him warmly. Vronsky gazed, never taking his eyes from her, and smiled; he could not have said why. But recollecting that his mother was waiting for him, he went back again into the carriage.
…
“Very charming,” said the countess.
That was just what her son was thinking. His eyes followed her till her graceful figure was out of sight, and then the smile remained on his face.'
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@@ОльгаПегас-ъ5р конечно!
It is a pity that 1948 version with Vivien Leigh was blocked by You Tube.
There is also a version with Sean Connery as count Vronski.
I didn’t know they met at a railway station for real.
Yep! Tolstoy was obsessed with the train motif and it appears several times throughout the novel.
Loved your video ❤ because I believe that the book `Anna Karenina` written by the great L. Tolstoy is one of the best novels ever written. Still, I have to tell you that you forgot to insert in your video the `Anna Karenina` version with Vivien Leigh in the title role 😉
Hello! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. If you check the description, I always explain why certain versions aren't included. In this case, the 1948 film with Vivien Leigh was blocked by copyright.
1967
Кира Найтли и Аарон Тейлор-Джонсон для меня лучшие Каренина и Вронский. Потрясающий эротизм, химия. Прекрасная игра.
This is a really cool video and I really appreciate that it exists! Just wondering why the Vivien Leigh version isn’t included though?
Edit: I see someone else says that UA-cam blocked it. What a shame! Oh well, still a really awesome compilation!
Awww, thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. And yes, the 1948 version was sadly blocked by UA-cam :(
There is also a version with Sean Connery as count Vronski.
Adding my appreciation & enjoyment, great idea & execution. Ty also for the book excerpts in the description. I think there was a tv version with Christopher Reeves as Count V. Not great to my recall, nothing against CR. I barely remember it….I don’t have a fave from this compilation decided on yet I don’t think, I’m gonna watch a few more times…
@@wintersojourn9356 Oh, thank you so much! I'm glad you're enjoying the series. Yes, there's an adaptation with Christopher Reeves (I think from 1980) but I sadly couldn't find it, otherwise I totally would've included it here!
Yes, why?
17:41 the music is so sad but beautiful...😍
Samoilova is Karenina
Keira and Cabrerra as Alexi, love him since Three Musketeers ❤️❤️❤️
Where is the version with Vivian Leigh?
Unfortunately, the version with Vivien Leigh was blocked for copyright reasons, and I couldn't include it. I try to include every version, but copyright often gets in the way. Apologies about this!
@@oldfashionedgrrl it's ok, just she was my favourite Anna Karenina!
@@ΙωανναΤσογκα Vivien Leigh is perfect for the role!
why was the 2017 controversial?
Controversial might be too strong of a word, but it's received very mixed reviews, and most people dislike Boyarskaya's performance. I've read some comments on the original video that are so mean to her, which kind of breaks my heart. On the other hand, I have to agree that she was totally miscast as Anna.
@@oldfashionedgrrl oh no, Elisaveta IS Anna, the Anna whi Tolstoy would prefer.
I’m curious as to why you didn’t like Stuart Wilson’s version. He seems very attractive lol.
No particular reason - his performance just didn't really speak to me. I guess I found him a bit awkward on screen?
The most conform to the book is the Keira Knightley version...
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@@sitting_nut Which one is?
@@ViguLiviu 1970s version definitely
Missing version with Vivien Leigh 1948
If you read the description, I explained why I was unable to include Anna Karenina (1948). Sorry about this!
@@oldfashionedgrrl all right, furgive me!
@@suzanecandiido4021 No worries!!
The best Anna Karenina? Sophie Marceau (+ Vivien Leigh). The best Vronski? Vasily Lanovoy (1967) and Seen Bean. The version with Keira Knightley and Aaron Taylor-Johnson is weird or dreamlike (they even imagined a fantastic train station on Moscow's Red Square with the Kremlin and Saint Basil's Cathedral in background!!) - but I like it. However, it does not respect the atmosphere of Tolstoy's book, in my point of view. K. Knightley is a too passionate and somehow devilish woman - more like a Dostoevsky's heroine. It is a pity, by the way, that she did not play in a Wuthering Heights version, she could have been a fantastic Catherine Earnshaw.
That's such an interesting idea about Keira Knightley as Catherine Earnshaw! (I've never read Wuthering Heights, so I can't say.) I agree about Keira as Anna-her portrayal is unsuccessful. The train station set is certainly dreamlike, but I found the theatrical setup of the movie a little ridiculous. I read that Joe Wright had originally planned to make a 'normal' period drama and then had the idea for the theatrical set because, in his opinion, people in the late-Victorian were living life on a stage. I couldn't agree less, but I admire his dedication to such an unusual premise for an adaptation of Anna Karenina.
@@oldfashionedgrrl I recommend you read Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, it's one of my favorite books - a dark, exalted and romantic book (romantic in the 19th century sense). Regarding Joe Wright's film with Knightley, I think we can only be disappointed if we liked Tolstoy's book. In a way, it is indeed too extravagant or even ridiculous at times. Anyway, thank you very much for putting these different extracts of Anna Karenina online - it's easier to compare the different versions.
@@nousautres3516 I'll put Wuthering Heights on my list!! I totally agree about the 2012 version. And you're more than welcome! I'm glad you're enjoying the series :)
You’re right… She would have made a great Catherine in WH!!
Fave WH quote "whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same". Works for Anna and Vronsky too!
I've only seen a few parts of the Garbo version but it has to be my least favorite. It just radiates the time it was filmed in too much. Anna seems nearly like a femme fatal which doesn't fit at all.
Also I can't entirely warm up to all Vronsky's without mustache 😅
Same! The 1930s version feels outdated, and Garbo feels miscast. And yes I totally agree! Vronsky must have his mustache :)
Aaron-Vronsky has no class. Also Keira...
2017
The version with Keira Knythgly is genial! Theatrical setting, some irony, wonderful actors, and Music!! ...Tchaikovsky reminiscence. Just a perfect movie. The director is great. Different. Finally I loved Anna Karenina. Just my opinion.
The last one of course. Elisaveta and Maxim are a couple also in life. My favourite AnnaVronski.
Yes, I think they're married! They have amazing chemistry on screen.
No me gusta mucho la version de 2012, siento que son personas de la epoca moderna imitando a personas del siglo XIX, como que no tienen los gestos o la forma de hablar reservada y respetuosa que se supone que tenian.
انا ١٩٧٧ اجمل وحدة فبهن .. والباقي هاديات عهوى وصف الروتية المفروض انا تكون ساحرة فعلا ..وكمان في تحريف واختصار كتيربالرواية
Anna Karenina of 1935 movie was ugly 🤣