Anna Karenina (1935)

The 1935 adaptation of Anna Karenina is a must-see for lovers of great cinematic romance films, as well as for devotees of  Greta Garbo, two groups which often overlap anyway. It’s even a good version for Tolstoy purists to watch; granted, liberties are taken with the original story (some for "Hollywood" reasons, others simply having to do with bringing a lengthy, complex novel to the screen at a reasonable running time), but the spirit is intact.

Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Freddie Bartholomew, Basil Rathbone, Maureen O’Sullivan, May Robson

1935, B&W, 85 minutes