Anna Karenina (2012)

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Movie
German title Anna Karenina
Original title Anna Karenina
Country of production United Kingdom , France
original language English
Publishing year 2012
length 130 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 10
Rod
Director Joe Wright
script Tom Stoppard
production Tim Bevan ,
Alexandra Ferguson ,
Paul Webster ,
Eric Fellner
music Dario Marianelli
camera Seamus McGarvey
cut Melanie Oliver
occupation

Anna Karenina is a British - French film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Lev Tolstoy, directed by Joe Wright , in 2012 . The leading roles are played by Keira Knightley , Jude Law , Matthew MacFadyen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson .

The film premiered on September 7, 2012 at the Toronto International Film Festival and opened in UK theaters the same day. It was shown in the United States from November 16, 2012, and was released in German theaters on December 6, 2012.

action

Located in Russia of the 19th century , the film of three crisis-ridden families told: one of the marriage of Prince Stepan Oblonsky and his wife Dolly, the other on the relationship between young Dolly's sister Kitty Schtscherbazkaja and the landowner Kostya Levin. The focus is on the fate of Anna Karenina, the prince's sister, who is married to the civil servant Alexei Karenin. Because of her love affair with Count Alexej Vronsky, their marriage breaks up. She is separated from her son and experiences a social ostracism. The madness to which she succumbs more and more ultimately drives her to suicide .

Reviews

The film received mostly positive reviews. The Rotten Tomatoes meta service has an average rating of 61% in 152 reviews. The majority of the critics praised the actors, with Knightley and Law in particular receiving good reviews for their acting. Metascore has an average rating of 63%.

The critic Oliver Lyttleton gave the film a B + and called it a "brave re-enactment" of the classic that can be appreciated "despite minor flaws". He praised the leading actors, camera work and music as well as the spectacular costumes and the production design. However, due to the concept of incorporating elements of theater, Lyttleton expected the film to "divide audiences enormously".

The critic of the film magazine Empire awarded 4 out of 5 stars and praised the director and actor:

“If the film doesn't win your heart in the way it could, Anna Karenina is a historical drama in its most exciting, exhilarating and modern form. Captivating. "

Peter Bradshaw from The Guardian Wright's approach to the classic was more critical, giving it 3 out of 5 stars:

"Set in a fantasy theater world, Tom Stoppards and Joe Wright's bold adaptation - starring Keira Knightley and Jude Law - sacrifices the intensity of the novel for creative flair."

Total Films critic Neil Smith finally described the film as a "disappointing Christmas present" that would give you away as soon as you remove the shiny packaging.

The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) awarded the feature film the rating "particularly valuable."

Awards

Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey received a nomination for the American Society of Cinematographers Awards for Best Cinematography in a Feature Film .

He was nominated in six categories for the BAFTA Film Award 2013; as Best British Film , for the best camera, the best costumes, the best make-up and hairstyling, the best production design and the best music.

Composer Dario Marianelli was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for best music.

The work was nominated for the “Oscar” 2013 (Academy Award) in the four categories of best production design, best camera, best costume design, and best film music . Costume designer Jacqueline Durran won the award.

backgrounds

It is the third collaboration between Joe Wright and Keira Knightley after Pride and Prejudice (2005) and Atonement (2007).

Many scenes from the film seem to take place in a theater of the 19th century. Visible changes in costume and scenery on and in front of the stage create a peculiar "aesthetic of the performance". Through the use of filmic alienation effects , however, it is continuously exposed as illusory .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Release certificate for Anna Karenina . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2012 (PDF; test number: 135 071 K).
  2. Age rating for Anna Karenina . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ^ Anna Karenina (2012) . Rotten tomatoes. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  4. ^ Critic Reviews for Anna Karenina . Metacritic. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  5. Review: 'Anna Karenina' Is A Bold Reimagining Of A Classic That's (Mostly) Thrilling & Inventive . Blogs.indiewire.com. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 18, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blogs.indiewire.com
  6. ^ Empire's Anna Karenina Movie Review . Empireonline.com. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  7. ^ Anna Karenina Review . guardian.co.uk. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  8. ^ Anna Karenina Review . totalfilm.com. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  9. FBW report . In: German film and media evaluation . FBW-Filmbeval.de. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  10. http://www.theasc.com/asc_news/news_awards.php