Today’s movie is a drama with a scene set on April 15. I hope
you will enjoy this film and watch it tonight.
ANASTASIA
On April 15, 1928 [2:32 to 26:04], which is Orthodox
Easter, General Bounine, a Russian émigré meets Anna Koreff, who bears a
remarkable resemblance to the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia,
youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II, who was supposedly shot by the
Bolsheviks ten years ago. However,
rumors persist that Anastasia survived the massacre of her family. Bounine has
formed a partnership with two men who plan to use an Anastasia pretender to get
the £10,000,000 left in the Bank of England by the Czar. They have also been
extracting money from the Russian émigré community to finance their search for Anastasia
and using some of the funds for their own personal needs. Anna Koreff
reluctantly agrees to participate in the scheme. Bounine and his partners train
her to be able to impersonate the Grand Duchess. She convinces a few and then
many of the Russian émigré community of Paris that she is Anastasia. However,
the key is to get Anastasia’s grandmother to recognize Anna as the Grand
Duchess. They travel to Copenhagen where the former Empress lives. Bounine and Anna go to the theater when the
Empress is there. Anna meets and enchants Prince Paul von Haraldberg, a member
of the Russian imperial family and Anastasia’s fiancée. The Empress at first is
adamant about not meeting Anna, but finally goes to see her and is convinced
she is the real Anastasia. She plans to publicly recognize her. However, Anna
and Bounine elope together, as they have fallen in love during the course of
their time together.
An unusual film. Bergman does a good job portraying Anna.
Leaves unanswered the question of whether Anna is Anastasia, but hints that she
may be.
At 2:38 to 53 we are told it is Orthodox Easter, 1928, which
was on this date.
Producer - Buddy Adler
Director - Anatole Litvak
Awards – The film won the Best Actress (Bergman) Oscar and
was nominated for the Best Original Score Oscar at the 29th Academy
Awards.
Screenplay - Guy Bolton and Arthur Laurents
Runtime – 1 hour 45 minutes
Released – December 13, 1956
Cast –
Ingrid Bergman as Anna Koreff
Yul Brynner as General Bounine
Helen Hayes as the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovona
Akim Tamiroff as Boris Chernov
Martita Hunt as Baroness Elena von Livenbaum
Felix Aylmer as Chamberlain
Sacha Patoeff as Piotr Ivanovich Petrovin
Desny as Prince Paul
von Haraldberg
Schafer as Irina
Lissemskaia
Gromoff as Stepan
Karel Stepanek as
Mikhail Vlados
Copyright by Ivan Walters 2014.
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