Review of Anna Karenina (1935) by Tara H — 15 Mar 2016

This can only be a shadow of Tolstoy's classic novel, but Greta Garbo and Basil Rathbone's performances raise it above other adaptations. Garbo's face is so expressive that words are almost unnecessary, and her fateful last scene is masterful, while Rathbone's cold, repressed Karenin is also utterly convincing.

Curiously it is Frederic March as Anna's lover, Vronsky, who ultimately disappoints.