Anna Karenina (1985)
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Actors | Anna Massey, Paul Scofield, Judi Bowker, Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Reeve, Ian Ogilvy |
Producers | Simon Langton |
Director | Simon Langton |
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135 minutes
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