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Anastasia (1997)

G 1997-11-21 (US) Animation, Family, Fantasy, Adventure 1h 34m

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Discover the adventure behind the greatest mystery of our time.

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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.

Don Bluth

Director
Gary Goldman

Director
Bob Tzudiker

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Bruce Graham

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Noni White

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Susan Gauthier

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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)
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Written by CinemaSerf on December 6, 2023

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 g... read the rest.

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