Anna

Dir/Scr: Lee Sun-fung
Orig Story: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Prod Co: The Union
Co-starring: Ma Si-tsang, Mui Yee, Lee Ching, Wong Man-lei
1955 | B&W | D Beta | Cantonese | 112min

Societal constraints and repression usually bring about the most memorable and heartrending love stories, and Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is renowned as one of the best. In this Chinese adaptation of the novel, Pak Yin plays a woman married to an emotionally distant socialite. However, the passion in her life is sparked once again when she reunites with her first love, played by Cheung Wood-yau. The original novel may be one of Russian literature's greatest works, but this adaptation proves that tenderness, passion and tears are translatable into any language.