I am convinced U put that War & Peace set aside to watch over a month ago, but I am not laying hands on it. So, I decided to watch the 1977 BBC version of Anna Karenina. I watch 3 episodes of 10 last night. I think it's ther best adaptation I've seen. The production and casting are really fine.
My problem with the novel, which I have read, is that my favorite characters are Konstantin and Kitty. I am more moved by Levin's situation with his brothers than with Anna's mess. Anna's continuous torture over the situation with Karenin and Vronksy bored me after a while. It may be "Russian" but to me she was sitting on the fence too long.