The film is a Bolshoi Ballet version of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina with choreography by Maya Plisetskaya who also took on the titular role. Anna Karenina is a young wife of an older husband. She has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky. By following her desires Anna complicates her life.
Maya Plisetskaya
as Anna Karenina
Александр Годунов
as Vronsky
Владимир Тихонов
as Karenin
Yuri Vladimirov
as Station Master
Nina Sorokina
as Kitty
Marianne Sedova
as Betsy
Александр Седов
as Seryozha Karenin
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
as
