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Anastasia

"The most amazing conspiracy the world has ever known... and love as it never happened to a man and woman before!"

1956-12-13 Drama 1hr 45m

Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her, he comes to believe that she is really Anastasia. In the end, the Empress must decide her claim.

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Storyline

Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her, he comes to believe that she is really Anastasia. In the end, the Empress must decide her claim.

  • Released
    1956-12-13
  • Revenue
    $4,300,000
  • Budget
    $3,520,000
  • Runtime
    1hr 45m
  • Genre
    Drama, Romance
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English, Français
  • imdb-logo
    7
  • Production
    20th Century Fox

Crew

Anatole Litvak
Director
Arthur Laurents
Screenplay
Buddy Adler
Producer
Keywords:
princess amnesia identity exile biography assumed identity 1920s anastasia romanowa

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Cast

Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman
Anna Koreff / Anastasia
Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner
General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine
Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes
Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
Akim Tamiroff

Akim Tamiroff
Boris Adreivich Chernov
Martita Hunt

Martita Hunt
Baroness Elena von Livenbaum
Felix Aylmer

Felix Aylmer
Chamberlain
Sacha Pitoëff

Sacha Pitoëff
Piotr Ivanovich Petrovin
Ivan Desny

Ivan Desny
Prince Paul von Haraldberg
Natalie Schafer

Natalie Schafer
Irina Lissemskaia / Nini
Grégoire Gromoff

Grégoire Gromoff
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Karl Stepanek

Karl Stepanek
Mikhail Vlados
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Ina De La Haye
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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-11-09

Whilst this is certainly a lavish and luxuriant production, somehow the sum of the parts just don't add up to much of an whole. Yul Brynner ... read more

Whilst this is certainly a lavish and luxuriant production, somehow the sum of the parts just don't add up to much of an whole. Yul Brynner is the ambitious, former general-turned-restauranteur "Bounine" who has been, for many a year, convincing his financial backers that he has discovered the last surviving child of the assassinated Czar Nicholas II. He has discovered the sickly and troubled "Anna" (Ingrid Bergman) and hopes that with some grooming, training and furs she might be able to convince the Dowager Empress (Helen Hayes) that she is, indeed, her granddaughter. It also turns out that should she endorse the identity of the young woman, the enormous sum of £10 million will be released to her by the Bank of England. Bergman is strong as the initially vulnerable, amnesiac girl who has no real idea who she is, or where she comes from - and that performance contributes very plausibly as the story gathers momentum and her persona becomes much better established (real or not!). Hayes - aided by the scene stealing Martita Hunt's "Baroness von Livenbaum" - also plays her part well, an imperious woman who is cynical but harbours an optimistic desire that hopes against hope. Brynner isn't up to very much, though. He doesn't quite cut it as the scheming manipulator and as the story progresses his character, already pretty unlikeable, doesn't really develop until a rather weak and underwhelming denouement (historical truth notwithstanding). When this was made, there was a chance that one of the Grand Duchesses had survived, and the colourful and stylish look of this film tries hard to capitalise on those intriguing rumours. Sadly, though, here the dialogue is wordy and there is little by way of on-screen chemistry to distinguish this disappointingly episodic and plodding historical drama.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

Whilst this is certainly a lavish and luxuriant production, somehow the sum of the parts just don't add up to much of an whole. Yul Brynner is the ambitious, former general-turned-restauranteur "Bounine" who has been, for many a year, convi...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-11-09

Whilst this is certainly a lavish and luxuriant production, somehow the sum of the parts just don't add up to much of an whole. Yul Brynner is the ambitious, former general-turned-restauranteur "Bouni...

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