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Director and adaptor Phillip Breen and Natalie Dormer, who makes her Chichester debut as Anna, discuss this new adaptation of the celebrated classic, Anna Karenina.

Video by Graded Films

Natalie Dormer
Anna Karenina
By Leo Tolstoy
A new adaptation by Phillip Breen

UK Premiere
7 – 28 June

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