Focus Features’ Anna Karenina opens in select theaters this week and next, expanding across the country November 30th. Boldly directed by Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement) and adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s novel by Academy Award winner Tom Stoppard, the epic story of love centers on Anna (Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley), a socialite in imperial Russia. In attempting to attain happiness, the decisions Anna makes pierce the veneer of an image-obsessed society, reverberating with romantic and tragic consequences that dramatically change her and the lives of all around her. NBCU Direct partnered with www.focusfeatures.com to elicit comments from the director and stars at the New York Premiere about the timeless tale:

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