Compressed from six hours long TV miniseries into a few more than two hours the mixing a famous Liev Tolstói's novel Anna Karenina and the writings of Vronsky's tale at Manchurian war between Russia and Japan thirty years later of Karenina's affair, his son Sergey Karenin a doctor of Imperial Russian Army randomly meets her mother's lover Alexsey Vronsky severely wounded at small Chinese village nearby Mukden, in the twilight of war when Russian Army has to fall back to the advance of the powerful Imperial Japanese Army from 7 miles back.
During the sojourn of recovering process Sergey asking for Alexsey about her Mother death at station and why he didn't attend his sister funeral, then since the beginning Alexsey re-telling all happenings by countless flashbacks his affair with Anna Karenina, halted by some occurrences in the village as the little orphan Chinese girl always side by side Alexsey on closest respect, after several small talking at little shack Sergey hears from the man that supposedly disgraced his beloved mother, however the truth comes to surface in every single detail over this incredible tragic romance.
I'd confess stayed baffled with so few reviews posted here, I'd expected at least fifty or something in this fine adaptation, according the own director Karin Shakhnazarov decided put the Manchurian war on the plot due it took place in a open area, whereof Anna Karenina story often were developed in enclosed places, became it boring and dull, instead on improvised army camp should be more reliable to re-telling a long and complex story, fine wardrobe and war garments, lavish interior sets allowed to us a gorgeous backdrop of the famous novel, highly underrated.
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First watch: 2023 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 8.
