Anna Karenina Vivien Leigh 1948 vs Greta Garbo 1935 🎥 Anna Karenina (1935) Screen legend Greta Garbo and Fredric March star in this adaptation of Tolstoy’s classic tale of a woman who deserts her family for an illicit love. Anna Karenina is a 1948 British film based on the 1877 novel of the same title by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy . The film was directed by Julien Duvivier, and starred VIVIEN LEIGH RALPH RICHARDSON KIERON MOORE Film Directed by JULIEN DUVIVIER Based on the novel by LEO TOLS