Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986) (TV)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Marvin J. Chomsky

Writers:

James Goldman (writer)
Peter Kurth (book)

Release Date:

7 December 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Story of Anna Anderson, who claimed to be Anastasia Romanov, the only surviving daughter of the Czar and Czarina of Russia. |

Plot Keywords:

Russia | Czar | Amnesia | 1910s | Russian History

Awards:

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Amy Irving	...	Anna Anderson
Olivia de Havilland	...	Dowager Empress Maria
Jan Niklas	...	Prince Erich
Nicolas Surovy	...	Serge Markov
Susan Lucci	...	Darya Romanoff
Elke Sommer	...	Isabel Von Hohenstauffen
Edward Fox	...	Dr. Hauser
Claire Bloom	...	Czarina Alexandra
Omar Sharif	...	Czar Nicholas II
Rex Harrison	...	Grand Duke Cyril Romanov
Jennifer Dundas	...	Anastasia
Christian Bale	...	Alexei
Andrea Bretterbauer	...	Sonya Markov
Sydney Bromley	...	Herbert
Arnold Diamond	...	Dr. Markov

Also Known As:

Anastasia (USA) (working title)
Anastasia: The Story of Anna (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

200 min

Country:

USA | Austria | Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Australia:PG | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Vienna, Austria

Company:

Consolidated Entertainment

Trivia:

At the time this drama was filmed, it was not then known that Anna Andersen was not the Grand Duchess Anastasia; this fact was only discovered later, through DNA comparison after her death.

Would be convincing except.

The poor woman who was portrayed in this movie would be convincing except for DNA evidence proving she wasn't Anastasia Romonov. Either you believe she was who she said she was or the member of the British royal family who provided DNA and shared a common ancestor with the Romonov's in Queen Victoria wasn't who they said they were which is unlikely, this aside the woman probably believed she was a Romonov even though she obviously wasn't the film seems to make her out as a callous actress who was playing everybody for fools as an alternative for her mental problems said by the surviving family even so this film was entertaining and doesn't end the mystery which was unsolved at the time of it's making but shows it as it was a mystery and I'm glad the DNA evidence is conclusive since there would be people on the internet arguing whether she was who she said she was.