Tatiana Samoilova, Nikolai Gritzenko, Vasili Lanovoy. Based on the novel of the same title by Leo Tolstoy. Originally produced as a motion picture; videocassette release presented by Sovexportfilm and Corinth Films, Inc. NR.
Summary:
The wife of a high-ranking member of 19th century Russian society is ostracized when she forsakes all for a passionate affair with a dashing military man. The decline of her life is contrasted with a friend's increasing happiness and fulfillment in his marriage.
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