Anna Karenina | Waltzing With Count Alexei Vronsky

Academy Award® nominee Keira Knightley, Academy Award® nominee Jude Law and Aaron Taylor-Johnson dazzle in this stunning new vision of Leo Tolstoy’s epic love story. At the twilight of an empire, Anna Karenina (Knightley), the beautiful high-ranking wife of one of imperial Russia’s most esteemed men (Law), has it all. But when she meets the dashing cavalry officer Vronsky (Taylor-Johnson), there is a mutual spark of instant attraction that cannot be ignored. She’s immediately swept up in a passionate affair that will shock a nation and change the lives of everyone around her. From acclaimed director Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice) and Academy Award®-winning writer Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love) comes this visually enchanting masterpiece hailed by critics as “ecstatic” (Time), “rapturous” (MSN Movies) and “a spectacle that has to be seen to be believed!” (The Huffington Post)

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[swagmeister]

gosh the actress for kitty is remarkable. so so talented. every ounce of her emotion and increasing anxiety is evident in her expression yet she doesn’t let that take away from her contradictory beautiful dancing.

[whedonobsessed]

I love everything about this scene - the stolen glances between Anna and Vronsky while he is up on the gantry, the look of utter elation that flashes across her face when he is suddenly behind her. And then that dance, time stops around them, they may as well be the only two people left on the planet, everyone else just falls away.
Then.. BAM! We are back in reality, and as Anna and Vronsky continue plummeting downwards in their isolated captivation with each other, Kitty becomes more and more nervous, anxious, furious. It's good because her fury really tells us how wrong their behavior really is, we can understand the severity of it through her eyes. And then.... of course, Anna comes back to reality too, realises what they have done, walks away, sees herself in the mirror. The train, foreshadowed, coming to get her. That dance was the beginning of the end for her.
Not just the end of her life, but also her sanity.

[A-G-A-G]

It amazes me that this man also plays me Darcy. Where their romantic chemistry was off the charts in pride and prejudice, and yet they exhibit none here

[portofthoughts]

In the book there's a scene where Kitty and Anna talk at a gathering before the ball, and Kitty is getting a powdery pink dress. She tells Anna to wear purple, and it struck me as if Kitty wanted to match Anna at the ball, an innocent desire. When Anna decides to wear black velvet, it's clear she's up to something. I like that they switched Kitty to white; more effective in movie for the dichotomy.

[Joannabanana]

This is my favorite choreography from any movie. As a dancer and being in so many musicals growing up, dancing with a partner can be awkward or beautiful. I love how Anna and Alexei’s bodies flow so seductively together. It’s like they are making love while dancing. I cry anytime I watch this scene.

[Vasilia]

*Anna respesents the black Swan, who steals away the Prince from the white Swan (Kitty). This isn't a Vienna waltz, it's more like a ballet performance*

[ellf]

Take my breath away. The most stunningly beautiful stylized dramatic dance in a movie ever!

[mrss_foster]

In high school we decided to make a play out of this book to impress our professor. In the end the book was so long half of the students didn't even read it but in the end we got A's. Now 4 yeard later I would willingly read the book again.

[fredf]

This scene is very ingenius. It uses the music and the dance choreography to express all the emotional tension between the three main characters, especially Anna's and Kitty's.

[cynthiamartin]

Watching this waltz...it has so many things going on that it is nothing short of impressive that all the actors learned it and with such grace and perfect timing...

[Ronald-ksiy]

Kiera Knightley’s rendition of the tragic figure Anna Karenina is superb. She portrayed her descent into desperation and madness with perfection!

[JacobW]

This movie and the soundtrack are MASTERPIECES....

[i_violetexpress_i]

alexei little smiles at anna during the dance are killing me. they’re so oblivious to wtf is going on around them

[sabinaskov]

Before, it was Elisabeth and Mr. Darcy who made the other dance couples disappear ☺️🤩

[andyroo]

This entire ball sequence leaves me spellbound. All of it is gorgeous to watch.

[jaimee]

This movie is AWESOME! Done like a stage play movie. An absolutely beautiful love story.
Very sad ending.

[walterroberts]

The Tailoring of The gentlemen and The ladies; Is Superb and Almost Splendid.

[PedroAugusto_mr]

I’m sure that every Ballet dancer loved this waltz

[JaneSt.Valentine]

The set looks like it came from the Old Hollywood era and I love it 😍🥰

[summer-roseknight]

Can we just appreciate the fact that Kiera and Matthew are in ANOTHER period movie together? Like-
Wow, Mr and Mrs Darcy really have let marriage change them