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.
| Release Date: | Dec 1956 |
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| Genre: | History / Drama |
| Awards: | Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 3 nominations |
| Cast: | Ingrid Bergman (Anna Koreff, Anastasia), Yul Brynner (General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine), Helen Hayes (Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna), Akim Tamiroff (Boris Adreivich Chernov), Martita Hunt (Baroness Elena von Livenbaum), Felix Aylmer (Chamberlain), Sacha Pitoëff (Piotr Ivanovich Petrovin (as Sacha...), Ivan Desny (Prince Paul von Haraldberg), Natalie Schafer (Irina Lissemskaia / Nini), Grégoire Gromoff (Stepan (as Gregoire Gromoff)), Karel Stepanek (Mikhail Vlados), Ina De La Haye (Marusia (as Ina de la Haye)), Katherine Kath (Maxime), Paul Bildt (Bit Part (uncredited)), Alexis Bobrinskoy (Bechmetieff (uncredited)), Marguerite Brennan (Marguerite (uncredited)), Paula Catton (Jean (uncredited)), Allan Cuthbertson (Blond man (uncredited)), Maroussia Dimitrevitch (Gypsy Singer (uncredited)), Edward Forsyth (Footman (uncredited)), Hy Hazell (Blonde lady (uncredited)), Tutte Lemkow (Kasbek dancer (uncredited)), André Mikhelson (Older man (uncredited)), Polycarpe Pavloff (Schischkin (uncredited)), Eric Pohlmann (Von Drivnitz (uncredited)), Olaf Pooley (Zhadanov (uncredited)), Peter Sallis (Grischa (uncredited)), Tamara Shayne (Zenia (uncredited)), Anatole Smirnoff (Kasbek dancer (uncredited)), Olga Valéry (Countess Baranova (uncredited)), Henri Vidon (Prince Bolkonoski (uncredited)), Stanley Zevic (Empress' Cossack (uncredited)) |