This master thesis deals with the analysis of women's social position in the 19th century as shown in the adaptations of the Russian novel Anna Karenina. The aim of the analysis and comparison of the American and Russian adaptations of the aforementioned novel is to show to what degree was women's submission emphasized and by what film parts was that accomplished on the screen. To become a medium of art, film has gone through a difficult development process and its high artistic potential, as well as its other advantages, have gradually become recognized. The analysis of various film elements, such as frames, points of view, angles and camera position, has shown that the depiction of women's inferiority is frequent and as such mirrors her position in society. Patriarchal social and marital manacles that women carried in their hearts, thoughts, homes, beds and theatres limited their freedom and were examples of their supposed weaknesses. The actions of Anna Karenina, who is trying to liberate from norms and disturbs the harmony of marriage, distract the foundations of a traditional society, which is why she is punished on the end. By the film parts, the directors emphasized her inferiority and using rails to show her end, they present her destiny. Following more than thirty adaptations of Anna Karenina and only few happy ends, Rose and Solovev have shown in their destructive ending enriched with the details such as Anna's cut-off arm and similarities between Anna's and horse's eye, how women's inferior social status controled their destiny. The transgressive act such as Anna's was harshly disapproved of by the patriarchal society and the path from the reputable wife to the lowest social position of a woman was thoroughly represented in both American and Russian film adaptations.