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Actors: Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Anastasia (1956) |
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ANASTASIA is a film directed by Anatole Litvak. Ingrid Bergman earned the 1957 Academy award in the Best Actress category for her performance.
The setting is Paris, France in 1928. For some time now General Bounine and his sidekicks are in search of a woman who could impersonate the Grand Duchess Anastasia, the last daughter of the czar Nicolas II, who, if one believes a persistent rumor, managed to escape the firing squad in 1918. The Romanov heritage is waiting for her in a London bank.
When Bounine makes the acquaintance of Anna, the general is sure that his quest is over. Anna has just got out of a mental institution, she suffers from amnesia and she bears a tremendous resemblance with Anastasia. As the poor woman doesn't remember who she really is and as she desperately needs the security of a loving family, she quickly learns to act as a Russian noble.
A week later, Anastasia is introduced to the Russian community of Paris but the opinions are not unanimous: there is still an important part of the community who thinks that Anastasia is an impostor. Bounine knows that the opinion of the Dowager Empress, Anastasia's grandmother, is crucial in this matter so he decides to go to Copenhagen, Denmark to introduce Anastasia to the old lady. Anastasia's behaviour is so convincing now that even Bounine starts to wonder whether she may be after all the real Anastasia.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Anastasia (1956) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1900-1920's
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- prince/king/queen/knight
Brain/Body not working?
- amnesia
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) long wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Russian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- bald
Hair style
- (man) bald
Body type
- (man) muscular
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Russian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
- Scandinavia
City?
Yes
City:
- Paris
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- play
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