This dramatic adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel tells the story of Anna Karenina, wife of Alexei Karenin, who falls in love with Count Vronsky. But Karenin refuses his wife a divorce, and so the lovers must flee to Venice. When Vronsky is lured back to Russia by the offer of reinstatement in the military, Anna returns with him. But her tragic affair now begins to unravel--with equally tragic consequences