Keira Knightley is 'Anna Karenina' in a new trailer for the film
A trailer for director Joe Wright鈥檚 adaptation of 鈥淎nna Karenina鈥� was released yesterday, showing some of Wright鈥� s treatment of the Russian classic by Leo Tolstoy.
Tolstoy鈥檚 novel follows the title heroine, whose full name is Princess Anna Arkadyevna Karenina, and who falls in love with Count Vronsky, a wealthy and dashing officer, while still married to Count Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin, a powerful member of the government who is 20 years her senior.
In Wright鈥檚 version, 鈥�Pride and Prejudice鈥� star Keira Knightley will play Anna, while 鈥�Nowhere Boy鈥� actor Aaron Johnson takes on the part of Vronsky and 鈥�Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows鈥� actor Jude Law will play Karenin.
Other actors appearing in the film include 鈥�Brave鈥� star Kelly Macdonald as Anna鈥檚 sister-in-law Dolly, 鈥淧ride and Prejudice鈥� actor Matthew Macfadyen as Dolly鈥檚 philandering husband Oblonsky, and Olivia Williams of 鈥淎n Education鈥� as Vronsky鈥檚 mother Countess Vronskaya.
The trailer opens with a quote from Tolstoy, 鈥淭here are as many loves as there are hearts,鈥� and shows the opulence of the film, with sumptuous costumes, elaborate balls, and some stage performances.
鈥淚 was eighteen when I got married,鈥� Knightley says at the beginning of the trailer. 鈥淏ut it was not love.鈥�
The trailer shows the betrayed Karenin鈥檚 anger at Anna, with Law asking, 鈥淒o you think I would let you have my son? You are depraved,鈥� as well as her isolation as her aristocratic world is shocked by her affair.
The movie is scheduled to be released Nov. 9.
Check out the full trailer here:
