Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a little spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna's companion on the train from St. Petersburg is Countess Vronsky who is met at the Moscow station by her son. Col. Vronsky looks very dashing in his uniform and it's love at first sight when he looks at Anna and their eyes meet. Back in St. Petersburg they keep running into each other at parties. Since she has a husband and small son, they must be very discreet if they are going to see each other alone. 安娜没有选择。那一种悲剧气质。不喜欢安娜。徒借巨作之名。如果可以回到过去，她会如何选择？。名著的电影表达形式永远是苍白的。树干旁支。费雯丽太美了。你不会后悔邂逅了一场爱情。 故事发生在十九世纪的俄罗斯，身为高官卡列宁（拉尔夫·理查德森 Ralph Richardson 饰）的妻子，安娜（费雯·丽 Vivien Leigh 饰）却在一次偶然中和伯爵沃伦斯基（基隆·摩尔 Kieron Moore 饰）坠入了情网，一心追逐内心感情的安娜不顾伦理道德的约束，开始了与沃伦斯基的同居生活。尽管安娜百般要求，但卡列宁依然拒绝了她的离婚请求，不仅如此，卡列宁还从安娜身边夺走了她心爱的儿子，禁止她们见面。 不久之后，安娜怀孕了，而噩梦也就此开始，流产、酗酒、药物依赖，接连而来的打击让安娜坠入了人生的谷底，但真正令安娜崩溃的，却是沃伦斯基对她日益冷淡的态度。最终，在沃伦斯基的背叛和社会舆论的压力之下，走投无路的安娜在铁轨下结束了她年轻的生命。
