DVD review from The Movie Snob:

Anna Karenina (C). I continue to plow through the Greta Garbo collection. Her acting is getting a little better, but the movies sadly are not. Anyway, this is the 1935 version of Tolstoy's massive soap-opera of a novel. I read it once upon a time, but I remember only the barest outline of the story. In this movie version, Anna (Garbo) is married to a government bureaucrat (Basil Rathbone) who is overwhelmingly preoccupied with his job and social standing (which seem inextricably linked in the Russia of the time). She dotes on her beloved son Sergei, and does not seem particularly unhappy. But then she meets the dashing soldier Count Vronsky (Frederic March), falls in love with him, and after putting up some resistance embarks on an adulterous affair. Finally she faces an ultimatum--break off the affair or never see her son again. How will matters end? Frankly, I thought Rathbone gave the most interesting performance as the cold fish husband who nevertheless occasionally betrays the glimmerings of a tender side.