Keira Knightley is 'Anna Karenina' in a new trailer for the film
Director Joe Wright's adaptation of Russian classic Anna Karenina' is scheduled for release Nov. 9.
Actor Aaron Johnson (l.) plays Count Vronsky, while Keira Knightley (r.) takes on the role of Anna Karenina.
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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: