What should I do with this, Your Excellency?
Yes.
I picked it out for Daria Alexandrovna and the children.
Bonjour, Lili.
Bonjour.
Bonjour, Grisha.
Bonjour.
Vasya.
Who is coming to see Gran d-m am an?
Me! Me! Me!
Come along, my little ducklings.
Be good today. I'm off.
Read the chapter carefully.
I'll come back to test you on it.
Read it twice.
Au revoir.
Oh, Stiva.
Aunt Dolly found a note from the governess.
Well?
Stiva wants me to come to Moscow to persuade Dolly to forgive him.
I'm to be deprived of my wife so that adultery may be forgiven?
I can't excuse him just because he's your brother.
Oh, it's for Dolly's sake, too.
Four committees today.
I have the world waiting for me.
There's never time to look at your exercises.
Serozha is doing very well, Your Excellency.
Who put this shirt on you?
Well, never mind. I'll come and hear you read.
Tomorrow, perhaps.
Thank you, Lukich. Perhaps tomorrow.
No. No, no, not tomorrow.
Thank you, Your Excellency.
Come along.
Alexei, do you think nine years of marriage and children
should count for nothing against an infatuation?
No. Very well.
But sin has a price, you may be sure of that.
But why?
Because that's where Aunt Dolly lives.
But why? I told you, Serozha.
She's not well. I must go to see her.
But why, Mama?
Don't make Mama cry.
I'll be back before you know, and bring you a present.
I don't want a present. I want you to stay.
Oh, my little Kotik.
What present?
That's better.
It's the first time I've left my little boy.
So, you're leaving your son and I'm returning to mine.
I'm Countess Vronskaya.
I've been in St Petersburg for the christening of a granddaughter.
My eldest son married Princess Chirkov.
You're a charming creature. Why don't I know you?
I've never been in Moscow society, really.
But you know my name.
I've heard you mentioned. Talked about, you mean?
Ah, love.
Was it love? Always.
My sons are ashamed of me.
But I'd rather end up wishing I hadn't than end up wishing I had.
Wouldn't you?
I don't know.
Some man came without an appointment, Your Excellency.
Waiting outside.
Levin! Where did you disappear?
I'm very anxious to see you.
I need your advice.
Well, come into my room, then.
This is my oldest friend, Konstantin Dmitrievich Levin.
Someone send word I'll be a few minutes late.
That's my office, up there.
Oh, I've been hard at it. Sit down.
Hard at what, exactly?
Well, we're overwhelmed with work.
Paperwork.
Paperwork is the soul of Russia. Farming is only the stomach.
Now, when am I going to come and shoot some snipe?
Look at you, in Western clothes you told me you'd never wear again.
Something's up.
Yes, I'm in love. I've come back to propose.
Have you guessed who she is?
I... I have a suspicion. Why didn't you propose when you were here?
I decided it was impossible.
Kitty is of the heavens, an angel. And I am of the earth.
But then, I thought and thought, and there's no life for me without her.
Do I have a chance? Of course you do.
The Shcherbatskys are giving a soiree this evening.
Get there early, before the crowd.
And if I may suggest... Anything, what?
New boots. Right. Anything else?
We'd better have dinner together.
Come on. We'll meet later at I'Angleterre.
Or do you prefer the Hermitage?
Let's say, 5:30 at I'Angleterre.
I owe them more than the Hermitage,
so it wouldn't be fair to withdraw my custom.
Uh, so, new boots, coat, and a proper hat.
Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me.
Do you...
Excuse me.
It's so unfair.
You marry for love.
You're a good husband.
Children arrive, years depart.
And all of a sudden, your wife grows old and tired.
And her hair is thin. And her body...
And you yourself, you still have your vigour!
And then you find yourself a martyr to distraction by so many women.
Forgive me, but I find that incomprehensible.
As though, I should leave this restaurant and steal a roll from a baker's shop.
Well, you know, a freshly baked roll.
I'm talking about love, and you're talking about your appetite.
Easily confused. Now, do you know, um, Count Vronsky?
Who? No. Why?
He's your rival. He turned up from Petersburg after you left.
Who is he?
Oh, you don't need to worry about him. He's... He's just...
He's a rich, good-looking cavalry officer
who has nothing better to do than make love to pretty women.
Is that cabbage soup?
Potage aux choux à la russe, as the gentleman ordered.
It's what I wanted.
Understand that, for me, tonight is a question of life and death.
Kostya...
Kostya, Kitty would be mad to refuse you.
And Dolly's on your side, you know?
She says her sister Kitty was always meant to be your wife, and will be.
Dolly said that?
I've always thought your Dolly was a gem.
She is.
I loved her to distraction.
Konstantin!
I'm too early. I'll come back.
No. Come up.
Look at me.
I'm receiving for Papa and Maman, who are late to dress.
It's my first reception.
Princess Ekaterina.
Delighted. Delighted.
I'm so pleased you were able to be with us, Konstantin Dmitrievich.
Kitty, you look...
You look... Stiva told us you were back.
How long are you staying?
I don't know. It depends on you.
On me?
What I mean to say is I...
I only came with one purpose.
I want to... Will you be my wife?
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Wrong moment. It's the wrong moment.
But will you?
I can't.
I'm sorry.
Yes.
It was impossible.
I'm sorry.
Are you the brother of Nikolai Levin?
Yes.
He's in Moscow. He's staying at the Unicorn in Khitrovka.
How do you know?
It's the sort of thing I know.
Count Vronsky?
Yes?
Princess Kitty.
It's been so long, and yet, it seems like yesterday.
It was yesterday.
Excuse me.
No.
Sorry.
It's Kostya.
Good God! Look at him.
You look like a capitalist.
What do you want?
Nothing. I came to see you.
Good evening, miss... Madam.
Don't talk to her like that. You sound like a magistrate.
More vodka for my brother! Quick about it.
I don't want anything.
I'm all right.
Who told you where to find me?
A colonel in the Third Department. They're watching you.
Good.
They must think I'm dangerous.
What have you got to smile about?
Nothing.
That's right.
The day is coming. I have given up my birthright for it.
You're on the wrong side of history.
Not because privilege is immoral.
But because it's irrational.
He's sick!
Let go, if you know what's good for you.
I took Marya Nikolaevna from a brothel.
But I consider her my wife.
If her presence offends, you're free to leave.
Are you married?
No.
Why not? Are you waiting to fall in love?
No. Good.
Romantic love will be the last illusion of the old order.
You should marry one of your peasants.
Yes. I damn well should.
The brotherhood of man!
Nikolai, you need to see a doctor.
Then come and stay with me at Pokrovskoe till you get your health back.
With my wife?
If you...
Or...
Or go abroad to a spa.
I'll send more if that's what you want.
Hello, what's this?
Austrian royalty on their honeymoon. I've got them for four days.
The private carriage will stop opposite the stand.
Bad luck. What do they like, art?
Food.
Here's the train.
Oh.
I'll come back.
Stiva!
Anna!
You don't look ashamed! Oh, I am, I really am.
Yes, of course. Oblonsky's sister, Karenina.
Charmante, don't you think?
There, Countess.
You have found your son, and I have found my brother.
Madam Karenina has a son, too.
It's the first time they've been apart, so she frets about him.
Excuse me for not recognising you before.
Au revoir, Countess. Au revoir, my dear.
Let me kiss that pretty face.
Keep your people inside until this has been cleared up.
The sole supporter of a large family, they say.
Well, can't anything be done for them?
Wait for me, Maman.
Stand back. Move aside. Stand back.
I have you to thank for that.
Oh! Oh, what a good fellow!
What a good fellow.
Have you known Count Vronsky long?
Did you like him? He's in love with Kitty.
Oh.
But we should be discussing you and Dolly.
What have you got to say for yourself?
I've said it all. On my knees, in tears.
Now I need you to say it.
I'm going to the office, so you'll have Dolly to yourself.
Don't be late home.
Oh, dear.
Kitty's coming by to see you.
She's all grown up and a bit frightened of you.
The belle of St Petersburg society.
Is that who I am?
Dolly.
Stiva has told me.
Oh, Dolly, I'm sorry.
From the bottom of my heart.
I don't know what to do.
I know. I know.
I can't bear to be with him.
And he doesn't care. He's got what he wants.
What he wants is you. He loves you, Dolly.
You and the children are everything to him.
Are we?
And there is room for a governess?
That was shameful, disgraceful, but it was not love.
It was the animal in man, not the soul.
Stiva's remorse is from the soul.
Well, what about me?
Does his remorse make it easier for me?
I know you are suffering. But, Dolly, you must tell me.
Is there enough love left in your heart? Enough to forgive him?
Well, when I think of them together, I can't forgive him.
No.
My poor lamb. So you would rather accept your fate?
My fate?
But I haven't done anything! It's him who...
Do you love him, Dolly?
You love him, and he loves you.
But you can't forgive.
So, your lives must continue like this forever, with both of you wretched.
Oh, that's pretty. Is that a wedding dress?
Yes.
Look for the "G" for "Grisha."
Here. Oh.
Can you do your whole name?
Doesn't that look like a princess? No?
I'm home! Home, home, home!
Now, where are my little ducklings?
Papa! Papa!
Papa!
Will you stay for the Bobrishchevs' ball, Anna?
Oh. I always feel dull at a ball.
Ah!
Stiva, tell Anna she must come to the ball.
Well, of course she must.
And God go with you.
You can introduce me to your new governess.
But she's old! She's a hundred!
I know why you want me to come.
You want everyone to be there
because you're quite sure it's going to be your night.
How did you know?
I know everything.
Oh, to be your age again.
Surrounded by that...
That blue mist.
I was 18, too, when I got married.
Is the prince at home?
He's just gone up, I believe.
Is nobody receiving?
I can enquire, sir. I don't think so.
The princess retired early. Is there a message?
No. Thank you.
We thought you would come back married.
Did you?
But you only came back with a hat.
A black silk hat.
What kind of animal can you make a hat like that from?
It's not natural.
Next time, perhaps.
There'll be no next time.
Kitty.
May I have a waltz?
You may, Boris.
I'll save you the third, just because it's your first ball.
You're my first conquest!
Where do you want to be taken?
There.
How are you, Stiva?
Thanks to Anna, lam a happy man. Would you like to dance?
No. Ask Anna.
No, I don't...
Come on, then. OBLONSKY: Oh! Look out!
This vile, idiotic matchmaking of yours.
For goodness' sake, what have I done?
Is anything the matter?
No.
You look as lovely as ever, Princess Kitty.
Don't ask me, Maman.
Kitty, it's us next.
Princess, I have the honour to claim my dance.
He'll dance the mazurka with Kitty. You'll see.
Lam! I really am!
Dance with me.
I'm not used to being spoken to like that
by a man I met once at a railway station.
I dare say, but if I'm not to dance with you,
then I'm getting out of this operetta and going home.
Then, for Kitty's sake.
That's my sister.
Next stop is Bologoye! Bologoye, next stop.
Can I be of service to you?
Why are you leaving Moscow?
What else can I do?
I have to be where you are.
Stop, that's enough.
Go back to Kitty.
No.
This is wrong.
It makes no difference.
You have no right.
It makes no difference.
You must forget me.
If you're a good man, you'll forget everything.
And you? Will you forget?
Yes.
ls Serozha all right?
Oh, is that all I get?
Yes, he's quite well.
Were you a success?
L?
Oh, Dolly and Stiva.
Yes, I think so.
I'll announce myself. Very good, sir.
Vronsky. The master himself.
Baroness, coffee from the new coffee pot for Count Vronsky.
I'll be off home if I'm in the way.
You're at home where you are, Baroness.
Oh! Oh, Pierre, you never say such pretty things to me.
We were just discussing my husband.
He won't divorce me, you see, and do you know why?
No. Because he likes eating off my family silver.
I want to bring an action.
Just because I'm supposed to be unfaithful,
I don't see why I have to eat off Pierre's crockery.
Look at it!
It's my crockery.
Oh!
How was Moscow?
Provincial.
Thank you for my presents.
I'm writing to Dolly and to Kitty.
You are good.
Time for bed.
What are they saying in Moscow about the new statute?
What new statute?
The new statute I carried in Council.
No one mentioned it.
Really?
Oh.
Here, it caused quite a sensation.
Princess Betsy.
Cousin.
I didn't know you were an art lover.
I'm prepared to be one.
Countess Lydia tells me
you haven't been to one of her evenings since you returned.
The last one was to meet a missionary.
The one before that
was for a lecture on the union of the Greek and Roman Churches.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I know you're fond of her.
Come on, or we'll be late.
Here's the thing, Vronsky.
A posting's come up, and there's a promotion in it for you.
Thank you, sir.
In the garrison in Tashkent.
Tashkent? But...
I would like to stay in Peter, sir, if you don't mind.
Well, I don't mind.
But your mother... It's her idea.
Your husband is a saint,
and we must all cherish him for Russia's sake.
You didn't come to my dinner.
I had to see my Commanding Officer.
Well, "she" didn't come either.
I do hope you can come on afterwards.
Father Kristof's report on the Chinese mission will be with lantern slides.
I'm expected at the Tverskoys'.
No doubt.
But I'm sure that Princess Betsy can wait for you.
Yes, in fact, I don't think I will go to Betsy's.
You're caught.
I'm afraid I'm becoming quite ridiculous.
Now, there's a phenomenon.
Look, Anna's shadow has arrived before Anna.
I'm Anna's friend.
But all this making up one's mind to it in public
is not polite to a distinguished man like Karenin.
In my opinion, Karenin is a fool and Anna is the best of us.
And we all love you for your contrary opinions, Princess.
Alexei, you look desperate.
It's not attractive.
I'm losing hope.
Hope of what?
Persuading a virtuous woman to break her marriage vows?
No, you're right.
She won't come.
He's gone.
But you're just in time for the surprise.
Turn around!
May I have the honour of bringing you an ice?
Ices are being served.
I would prefer to try a cigarette.
Courage.
I'll try another one sometime.
When?
Where?
Just as I was thinking your manners had improved since Moscow.
You behaved badly.
Very badly.
And who was responsible for that?
Give me a cup of tea.
How nice!
Alexei Alexandrovich has arrived.
I'm not sure my nerves can stand another Alexei at this moment.
Were you glad to see me or not?
So the Schuzburgs asked us to dinner.
The sauce was said to have cost a thousand rubles, and it was ghastly.
I gave them a sauce that cost 85 kopeks and it was a triumph.
This must stop.
You make me feel as if I were guilty of something.
What do you want me to do?
I want you to go to Moscow and beg Kitty to forgive you.
No, that's not what you want.
Moscow? I can do better than that.
Tonight I refused a posting to Tashkent.
I can change my mind, and you'll never see me again.
If you have any thought for me, you will give me back my peace.
I have no peace to give.
There can be no peace for us.
Only misery or the greatest happiness.
Your husband is impossible.
His opinions are all wrong,
but he talks so brilliantly, he wins every argument.
What?
I called to take you home.
No, I'm staying.
Send the carriage back for me.
Of course.
Do you want me to go to Tashkent?
So I'll go to Tashkent.
No!
I don't want you to go.
I stayed up to talk to you.
What about?
It's late.
Where's Annushka?
I sent her off.
Well.
If you want to talk, but we should go to bed.
I must warn you about something.
Warn me?
Oh, it's really rather late.
I wish to warn you that you may, inadvertently
by indiscretion and carelessness,
give the world occasion to talk about you.
I am not a committee.
Please say what you want to tell me.
You and Count Vronsky attracted attention tonight.
You don't like it when I don't talk to people,
and you don't like it when I do.
I didn't notice anything myself,
but I saw everyone else noticed.
I consider jealousy to be insulting to you and degrading to me.
I have no right to inquire into your feelings.
They concern only your conscience.
But it's my duty to remind you that we are bound together by God,
and this bond can only be broken by a crime against God.
I have nothing to say to you.
And you have a son.
And I'm tired.
If I am wrong, I ask your pardon.
I don't know what you're talking about,
and it's really too late for this.
Excuse me, please.
Too late.
Oh, God! Oh, forgive me!
It's the end of everything.
I've got nothing left now except you, remember that.
How could I not remember?
You're my happiness.
Happiness?
You murdered my happiness.
Murderer.
Go on.
Yes.
Go on. Murderer.
Murderer.
Look out, here they come.
Oh, bad luck.
Potage aux choux é la russe!
Agafia, if you opened up in Moscow,
the I'Angleterre would go out of business.
It's true.
Do you want news of Moscow? Babylon? No.
Oh, you're right, what do you care?
You love the country, you've got it.
You love agriculturing, and, Lord knows, you've got that.
You love shooting, you've got that.
You've got everything you want. Ha!
All right, go on, then.
Have you stopped stealing bread rolls?
Ballet girl, Oriental type. How can I help it?
How is...
How are the Shcherbatskys?
You mean Kitty.
Is she engaged now? No.
Vronsky went back to St Petersburg.
Huh.
Kitty will be seeing Dolly at Ergoshovo in the summer.
You could...
Oh, yes, as if I had time in the summer.
And I've got extra land at Kashin this year for the haymaking.
Kashin? That's on the Ergoshovo road, isn't it?
Couldn't you see Kitty when she's there?
Especially, not then. I humiliated myself once.
Oh, damn you, Kostya. You love Kitty.
You love Kitty and you can't forgive her
because, first, you funked it, and then you bungled it.
And then you ran away from an 18-year-old girl
who was made a fool of by a uniform.
It's not you I feel sorry for, it's Kitty.
Her heart told her no.
Did you come to shoot snipe or criticise me?
Well, don't hold him like a parcel.
Oh! It's Aunt Kitty, darling.
Doesn't he make you ashamed of dwelling on your troubles?
I have no troubles.
That man wasn't worth the tears, believe me.
I don't care about him. I don't even think about him, or her.
Except to hate her.
Then we'll never speak of it again.
There are better men waiting for you.
Stiva says...
Kitty, my lamb, did Konstantin...
What has Levin got to do with it?
Anyway, I'll never get married.
The whole business of it has become disgusting to me.
And look what it's done for you. Why do they call it love?
Because it's love.
I want you to, I don't care about it.
You should care.
Anyway, someone might be watching.
But I'm damned, anyway.
I'm not. I'm blessed.
You love me. Yes.
Only me. No.
Apart from Frou-Frou? Yes.
But me more than your horse?
Yes.
Are you happy?
Yes.
And you love me?
Yes.
How much?
This much.
This much?
Yes.
This much? Yes.
And this much?
Yes.
This much?
Yes.
This much? And this much?
So, this is love.
This.
Countess.
I thought you would be at Peterhof now.
I've come from there.
I'm distressed that you haven't taken your usual house this year.
Anna wanted a change.
Nearer to Princess Betsy at Tsarskoe Selo.
The guards are in summer camp at Tsarskoe.
Alexei Alexandrovich,
forgive me, but...
You are too tolerant. Your wife is...
Oh! Is this about my wife?
My wife is beyond reproach.
She is, after all, my wife.
Alyosha! Alyosha!
A message from Maman.
Her friend Princess Sorokina has a house here
and a virgin daughter.
Well, that's not part of the message,
but they'll all be at the races
and you're expected to supper afterwards.
Gentlemen! Gentlemen!
I give you the regiment!
The regiment!
I heard you turned down a promotion.
That was Maman interfering.
Yes.
And now she's come up with a princess for you.
Alexei, we're brothers, so don't take of fence.
Getting married puts the pack on your back.
It leaves your hands free for climbing the ladder.
Getting serious about a married woman
is like carrying your pack in your arms.
So, they talk about me.
I'm leaving, Sasha.
An assignation?
Come on, I'll introduce you.
Beautiful.
A man would come to no harm.
Do you think you'll win tomorrow?
Makhotin's Gladiator is favourite.
Sixteen hands.
Frou-Frou looks dainty beside him.
But she's got heart.