Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
by Marvin J. Chomsky
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Actor: Amy Irving, Jan Niklas, Nicolas Surovy, Olivia de Havilland, Susan LucciDirector: Marvin J. Chomsky
Brand: ALLUMINATION FILM WORKS LLC
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 200 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-31
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Allumination
Movie Reviews of Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
Movie Review: The woman who claimed to be Anastasia
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a more accurate portrayal than the Ingrid Bergman film, based on a book by an author who believed she was the real thing. It was made about two years after her death, and before any of the DNA evidence had come to light. It's certainly worth watching.
Summary of Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
In July of 1918 the Bolsheviks shot Russian Czar Nicholas II his wife and their five children during the Russian Revolution. So begins the epic saga of Anna Anderson the woman who claimed until the day she died in 1984 that she was truly Grand Duchess Anastasia the youngest child of Czar Nicholas II and sole survivor of the family's execution. Her story became one of the greatest romantic mysteries of the twentieth century. This breathtaking adaptation of Anna's journey is also a depiction of a lost era from her days of Russian royalty her flight from execution and her years of struggle to reclaim her royal heritage. Amy Irving leads a luminary cast in this spectacular drama filled with triumph tragedy mystery and hope.Originally aired on TV in 1986.System Requirements:Run Time: 200 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA Rating:?NR UPC:?783722738221 Manufacturer No:?AFW27382The story of the woman who insisted she was Anastasia, the youngest daughter of the last czar of Russia, is complicated. This 1986 telefilm makes it even more so because it's one of those "fact-based" dramas. Its most annoying invention is Anastasia's romance with a prince who never actually existed. Fiction aside, the first two-thirds of the 210-minute movie are dramatic and captivating. The Romanov family is imprisoned and executed, yet Anastasia reappears years later in Berlin in 1923; Amy Irving becomes the iron-willed yet fragile Anna who battles to be recognized by the remaining Romanovs. Gently paced and beautifully shot and staged, the film only starts to lose steam when Anna comes to New York to make her case in the American press. It takes a bunch of Americans, including Susan Lucci as a stateside Romanov relative, to make the tale seem common. Back in London, Olivia de Havilland is a treasure as the dowager empress who won't recognize Anastasia, although there is much evidence in her favor. The film is a great introduction to the mystery, despite its fiction-augmented recounting of history. After watching the movie, get the book it was largely based on, Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson by Peter Kurth, for a gripping read that just might make you believe in this princess. --Valerie J. Nelson
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