Anna Karenina is a United States 1985 made-for-TV movie version of the famous Leo Tolstoy novel, Anna Karenina. Tragic Anna Karenina leaves her cold husband for the dashing Count Vronsky in 19th-century Russia. The unfortunate series of events leaves her hopelessly depressed. This 1985 TV movie version starred: Actor Christopher Reeve, according to his autobiography "Still Me", claimed that while making this movie he learned how to ride a horse, then fell in love with them, which eventually led to his tragic riding accident, 10 years later, falling from a horse and being paralyzed in 1995.