Anastasia (1956)
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Anastasia is adapted from the popular stage play by Marcelle Maurette. The scene is Paris in the early 1920s. Ingrid Bergman plays a would-be suicide who is rescued by Russian expatriate Yul Brynner. Brynner's motives are far from altruistic; together with a group of Russian cohorts, he hopes to pass Bergman off as Princess Anastasia, the daughter of the late Czar Nicholas. If the conspirators are successful, they stand to collect the ten million pounds held in trust for Anastasia in the Bank of England. The biggest obstacle facing Brynner and company is the surviving Romanov empress (Helen Hayes), who must be convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that Bergman is the genuine article. Anastasia represented Ingrid Bergman's return to Hollywood after several years' exile following her "scandalous" affair with Italian director Roberto Rossellini. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 105 mins
Complete Cast:
- Ingrid Bergman - Anastasia
- Helen Hayes - Empress Dowager Marie Fedorovna
- Martita Hunt - Baroness von Livenbaum
- Sacha Pitoeff - Petrovin
- Natalie Schafer - Lissenskaia
- Karel Stepanek - Vlados
- Hy Hazell - Blonde
- Tamara Shayne - Xenia
- Serge Pitoeff - Petrovin
- Yul Brynner - General Bounine
- Akim Tamiroff - Chernov
- Felix Aylmer - Russian Chamberlain
- Ivan Desny - Prince Paul
- Gregoire Gromoff - Stepan
- Ina DeLa Haye - Marusia
- Olga Valery - Countess Baranova
- Peter Sallis - Grischa
- Katherine Kath - Maxime
- Director(s):
- Anatole Litvak
- Writer(s):
- Arthur Laurents
- Producer(s):
- Buddy Adler
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- 1956 - Anastasia - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- 1956 - Anastasia - National Board of Review - Best Actor
- 1956 - Anastasia - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Actress
