Leo Tolstoys epic & timeless tale of passion set in the 1870s. Anna Karenina is young, vivacious, beautiful and resigned to a loveless marriage of convenience to Karenin, a powerful man twenty years her senior. She moves in the highest of circles of Czarist Russia and believes herself to be invulnerable to temptation. Her life changes dramatically when she meets Count Vronsky who awakens her dormant passion and changes her life with ultimately tragic circumstances. The series was nominated for an Emmy.