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Features: DVD, Live
Editor's Note
In 1917, Russian revolutionaries overthrew the last czar, Nicholas, imprisoning him and his family and executing them one year later. Shortly thereafter, rumors began to spread that one of the czar's daughters, Anastasia, was still alive. In 1928, a woman surfaced claiming to be Anastasia. Based on the play, and the fictionalized account of actual events, ANASTASIA tells the story of Anna (Ingrid Bergman), the impoverished, suicidal Russian woman living in Paris who believes she may be Anastasia. When ex-military leader General Bounin, deftly played by Yul Brynner, and his cohorts discover Anna, they convince her, through grueling training sessions, that she is, in fact, the real princess. Yet Anna's own unmistakable memories unnerve even the general who, upon finding her, believed she was only a fake. The climax of the film, in which the Dowager Empress (Helen Hayes), who is still alive, meets Anastasia, is poignant and riveting. Shot on location in Paris, director Anatole Litvak commands incomparable performances from Bergman, Hayes, and Brynner in this captivating tale of lost identity. Bergman won her second Oscar for her winning portrayal that introduces just the right regal note of doubt about her real heritage.
Plot Summary
Years after the last Russian czar and his entire family are murdered during the revolution, a former asylum patient, Anna (Ingrid Bergman), surfaces and might be Czar Nicholas's daughter, Anastasia. With only dim memories--and an uncanny resemblance to the lost princess--to guide her, she allows herself to be taken in by the ex-czarist military leader and con man Bounin (Yul Brynner) and be unveiled as the princess. Only a meeting with Anastasia's grandmother, the Dowager Empress who is still alive in Denmark, will reveal if Anastasia really is who she claims to be.
| Features | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Widescreen - 2.35 | | Audio:
| Dolby Surround - English | | Mono - French | | Mono - Spanish | | Additional Release Material:
| Promo Trailers:
| 1. ALL ABOUT EVE | | 2. AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER | | 3. DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL | | 4. GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT | | 5. GHOST AND MRS. MUIR | | 6. GRAPES OF WRATH | | 7. HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY | | 8. LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDID THING | | Featurette:
| 1. ANASTASIA: HER TRUE STORY | | 2. Movietone Newsreels | | Audio Commentary:
| 1. John Burliname | | 2. Sylvia Stoddard | | 3. Arthur Laurentis - Son of Helen Haves and James MacArthur | | Text/Photo Galleries:
| Still Gallery |
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| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 2/4/2009 |
| Running Time: 105 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1956 | | Catalog ID: 2006091 | | UPC: 00024543060918 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Academy Awards (1956) |  | Ingrid Bergman, Winner, Best Actress |
| Memorable Quotes| "If the caviar was real, SHE would be real."----A guest at a party where Anastasia is introduced to the exiled aristocracy in Paris for the first time |
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