Anna Karenina Page #2

Count Vronsky.

Vronsky?

You know him?

I met him this morning

at the railway station.

What about Levin? I thought

you were going to marry Levin.

Well, Anna, with Levin, it's different.

Oh, I'm terribly fond of Levin,

but, oh, he's so serious.

And he lives in the country.

I see.

But Vronsky,

tell me what you think of Vronsky.

He's very charming and very kind.

- Well, Kitty. Well, Anna.

- Was it all right, Stiva?

I managed it,

but it required considerable tact.

Ilytch Vassiltchikoff.

Count and Countess Boulgakovy.

Prince and Princess Lvovy.

His Excellency,

Ivan Ivanovitch Aparksin.

Anna Arkadyevna Karenina.

Prince and Princess Oblonskyia.

Princess Ekaterina

Aleksandrovna Scherbatskaya.

Konstantin Dmitrich Levin.

Levin.

Anna, this is Konstantin Dmitrich Levin.

My sister, Anna Arkadyevna Karenina.

Well, Levin, how are you?

What brings you to our corrupt Babylon?

At the risk of offending you...

I must tell you

you're as smart as a native Muscovite.

- That doesn't offend me.

- Levin thinks we are parasitic idlers...

simply because we don't

plow the fields.

An excellent statement of my position.

- I've heard a good deal of you.

- I've heard of you too.

- Kitty, will you dance?

- Wouldn't you rather...?

- Please, let's dance.

- All right.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

You weren't very nice

to Madam Karenina.

I spoke to her.

You call that being nice? She's the most

beautiful woman at the ball tonight.

Not to me.

I couldn't wait to see you, Kitty.

I love you.

I love you, Kitty.

Does it please you that I love you?

There's no one whose friendship

I value more.

- But you don't feel...?

- Please.

Madam Karenina.

Princess.

Konstantin Dmitrich Levin...

Stiva's told me that you're

supporting the movement...

to educate the peasants.

- Yes, I am.

- Won't you dance, Madam Karenina?

- No, thank you, Count Vronsky.

- I haven't seen you for days.

- Kitty.

Won't you dance?

Yes, I'd like to.

What are you thinking about?

Nothing. Music, dancing, rhythm.

I feel you're not...

- I feel there's something else.

- Why?

Because it's not, somehow, like all

the other times we've danced together.

- You're...

- What?

Strange. You're strange.

You're very charming, Kitty.

Do forgive me, I must speak

to Stiva for a moment.

Certainly.

Stiva, for heaven's sake, tell me

the truth about Vronsky and Kitty.

Very well. Now, you know my wife

is a wonderful woman.

That's the Princess Lvov.

Don't you think she's attractive?

- Yes, but about Kitty.

- Well, in these matters...

my wife has a wonderful intuition.

She says positively that one day...

Kitty will be your wife.

- Does she?

I always said Dolly was a dear.

More than that, my dear Levin,

she's a wonderful woman. She's...

Forgive me.

I feel at such a disadvantage

here in Moscow.

- Why should you?

- I don't feel brilliant or dashing...

or anything like that.

- Oh, there are other things.

Kitty, will you marry me?

Now, please, Konstantin,

don't spoil the ball for me.

If you won't promise to marry me,

will you dance the mazurka with me?

- I'm afraid not.

- May I have the mazurka?

- I'm afraid it's already reserved.

- For whom?

What chance do we stand

against a guardsman?

A St. Petersburg guard to boot.

What a relief it will be when Vronsky

goes back to his regiment, eh?

Won't you relent?

Won't you dance the mazurka with me?

Where is Kitty?

Thank you.

She's entirely surrounded by admiration.

Do you insist on making my evening

a total failure?

Oh, go on, Anna.

Well...

Kitty, will you dance

the mazurka with me?

- No.

- It's better you do.

Otherwise, it'll look...

All right.

I will.

I knew it at the railroad station.

Nothing else has mattered since.

I shall never forget your kindness.

I'm glad Kitty is dancing with Levin.

- It's better than being a spectator.

- For the moment, yes.

For eternity.

There eternity ends.

Do you hate me?

You ought to hate me.

If I had pride. But with you

I have no pride, only love.

- I feel so humiliated.

- Is it humiliating to feel deeply?

Poor little Kitty.

It's better she should understand men

before marriage than after.

Dolly, you're tactless.

No, no, not you. You're charming.

Our meetings are so brief,

the dance also.

But our reunions are so frequent.

When I leave you,

I'm lost in a world of strangers.

- When I touch your hand, we're alone.

- I return you to the world.

- Delightful ball.

- Very.

My heart kneels to you.

Oh, Kitty, this mazurka makes me...

- What's the matter, Kitty?

- Nothing. Nothing at all.

I wish this dance would end.

- I shan't stay for supper after all.

- But you promised.

- I return tomorrow to St. Petersburg.

- Really? Why?

I have a husband and a son

to look after.

And it may be years

before I see you all again.

- Good night, Kitty.

- Good night, Anna.

Good night.

Conductor, it's very cold.

I'll tell the stoker

to make up the fire, ma'am.

Isn't it cold?

Don't you think it's cold?

Very cold.

Station Bologoye.

Train stops for five minutes.

I'm going to get a breath of fresh air.

May I help you at all?

I didn't know you were going

back to St. Petersburg so soon.

- Why this change of plan?

- Why? To be where you are.

You know that.

Forgive me, I had to say it.

You shouldn't. You shouldn't.

You must forget that you said it.

Nothing of you.

I'll never forget anything of you.

Here I am, burning

with impatience to see you.

It's very devoted of me,

after 10 years of married life.

- Is Sergei quite well?

- Is that all the thanks I get?

- Did you have a comfortable journey?

- Very comfortable. Thank you.

Count Vronsky, my husband.

- How do you do?

- So you left with the mother...

and returned with the son.

You've been on leave, I suppose?

Did they cry their eyes out

when you left Moscow?

- I hope you'll let me call on you.

- We shall be very pleased.

We're at home on Mondays.

Tell me, am I not a good husband...

to come and meet my wife

in my only free hour?

You're so sure of it,

it leaves me nothing to say.

- How did my Sergei get on without me?

- Sorry to disappoint you...

but your Sergei

hardly missed you at all.

I don't believe that.

Well, at any rate, not half so much

as your husband did.

Mother! Mother!

- Sergei.

- Mother.

I told you it was Mother.

I knew you wanted me,

so I came back sooner.

How was Moscow?

Did you have a good time?

I didn't have a good time without you.

Why didn't you take me with you?

I could've played with Grisha and Tania.

Look, Mother,

I'm almost up to your shoulder now.

- I grew while you were away.

- Yes, it won't be long...

- before you're as tall as I am.

- When I'm as big as you are...

I won't let you travel alone.

I'll take you everyplace.

I'll be so old

you wouldn't want to take me.

You'll never be old. I'll be old.

Now, then.

This from Tania, and this from Grisha.

I want to guess which present is yours.

Don't tell me. I want to guess.

Is this it?

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