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Anastasia is a 1956 American period drama film starring Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, and Helen Hayes. The film was directed and written by Anatole Litvak and Arthur Laurents, adapting the 1952 play written by Guy Bolton and Marcelle Maurette.
Anastasia: Directed by Anatole Litvak. With Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff. An opportunistic businessman tries to pass off a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and she is so convincing that even the biggest skeptics believe her.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Anatole Litvak
- 1956-12-13
Anastasia 1956 An opportunistic Russian businessman tries to pass a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia. But she is so convincing in her perfo...
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A suicidal amnesia victim is chosen by Russian expatriates to impersonate Anastasia, the last surviving member of the Romanov dynasty, heiress to the Russian throne. As such, she becomes part of a scam to collect ten million pounds owed to Anastasia.
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 she is really Anastasia. In the end the Empress must decide her claim. — Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>.
Brief Synopsis. A group of exiled Russians claim to have found the living daughter of the Tsar, presumed executed in 1918. Cast & Crew. Read More. Anatole Litvak. Director. Ingrid Bergman. Anastasia, also known as Anna Korov and Anna Anderson. Yul Brynner. Gen. Bounine. Helen Hayes. Dowager empress. Akim Tamiroff. Chernov. Martita Hunt.
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.
