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Rating: 7.6/10 by 5236 users

Anastasia (1997)

Ten years after she was separated from her family, an eighteen-year-old orphan with vague memories of the past sets out to Paris in hopes of reuniting with her grandmother. She is accompanied by two con men, who intend to pass her off as the Grand Duchess Anastasia to the Dowager Empress for a reward.

Directing:
  • Don Bluth
  • Gary Goldman
  • George Villaflor
  • Danny Taverna
  • Vic Villacorta
  • Daniel Hung Yuan Chiang
  • Danny I. Tolentino
  • Jun Lofamia
  • Daniel Hung Yuan Chiang
  • Will Makra
  • Abraham DeOcampo
  • Sinead Somers
  • Stephen L. Holt
  • Nelson 'Rey' Bohol
  • Troylan B. Caro
  • Juan 'Jo' Luna
  • Fred A. Reilly
  • Michael Isaak
  • Noly Zamora
  • Alan Cranny
  • Martin Hanley
  • David J. Hardy
Writing:
  • Eric Tuchman
  • Noni White
  • Susan Gauthier
  • Bob Tzudiker
  • Bruce Graham
  • Joe Orrantia
Stars:
Release Date: Thu, Nov 20, 1997

Rating: 7.6/10 by 5236 users

Alternative Title:
アナスタシア - JP
Anastasia 3D - US
Anastásia - PT
아나스타샤 - KR
Принцеса Анастасия - BG
Princess Anastasia - GB
Princezná Anastázia - SK
Anastasia - DE
Anastàsia - ES
Anastázie - CZ

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Pусский
Français
Runtime: 01 hour 34 minutes
Budget: $53,000,000
Revenue: $139,804,348

Plot Keyword: nightmare, czar / tsar / tzar, musical, sorcerer, russian revolution (1917), train explosion, 1920s, villain song, amused
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Meg Ryan
Anastasia (voice)
John Cusack
Dimitri (voice)
Kelsey Grammer
Vladimir (voice)
Christopher Lloyd
Rasputin (voice)
Hank Azaria
Bartok (voice)
Bernadette Peters
Sophie (voice)
Kirsten Dunst
Young Anastasia (voice)
Angela Lansbury
Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
Rick Jones
Czar Nicholas / Servant / Rev. Soldier / Ticket Agent (voice)
Andrea Martin
Phlegmenkoff / Old Woman (voice)
Glenn Walker Harris Jr.
Young Dimitri (voice)
Debra Mooney
Actress (voice)
Arthur Malet
Travelling Man / Major Domo (voice)
Charity James
Anastasia Impostor (voice)
Liz Callaway
Anastasia (singing voice)
Lacey Chabert
Young Anastasia (singing voice)
Jim Cummings
Rasputin (singing voice)
Jonathan Dokuchitz
Dimitri (singing voice)
Jeff Blumenkrantz
Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
Billy Porter
Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
J.K. Simmons
Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)

CinemaSerf

This adaptation is quite similar to the Brynner/Bergman telling of this story from 1956 - only this one features one of Disney's better baddies to liven it up and inject a bit of nasty menace to the proceedings. When Rasputin is cast aside by the Russian Imperial family, he brings down a curse on their heads that results in revolution, murder and mayhem. Shortly afterwards, a young girl is walking past a boarded-up palace one chilly evening and she breaks in. That's when she encounters the sheltering young "Dimitri" and his cohort "Vladimir". The former man takes a bit of a shine to the young girl, and after a few glances at some of the portraiture adorning the walls, concludes that she could be the eponymous Grand Duchess and their ticket to riches in Paris. She's not as willing at the con artistry as they are, but is hungry and cold and desperate so accompanies them to France where an intense course of training, a convenient friendship with "Sophie" and some perseverance sees her in the presence of her would-be grandmother, the Dowager Empress. Will the old and somewhat sceptical lady be convinced...?Meantime, the spectre of their erstwhile spiritual advisor is aware that she is perhaps on the cusp of restoring the Romanov fortunes, and so conjures up all of his dastardly might to ensure that the demise of the family is complete. Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens provide a modestly powerful score but the lavish look of the film, some colourful visual effects (mindful of "Sleeping Beauty" from 1959) and a solid script deliver an entertaining story of just how powerful love can be - even when faced with the lure of an enormous diamond tiara.


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