The Story of Anastasia (1956)

Original title

Anastasia - Die letzte Zarentochter

Directed by

Falk Harnack

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman is pulled from a canal in Berlin in 1920 and claims she is the youngest daughter of the executed Russian tsar. The film follows her story and the controversy around her identity.

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What happens

The Story of Anastasia and in the UK, Is Anna Anderson Anastasia? (German: Anastasia, die letzte Zarentochter), is a German film directed by Falk Harnack. The 1956 film is based on the true story of Anna Anderson, who was pulled from the Landwehr Canal in Berlin in 1920 and later claimed to be Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. The entire family was executed in the Bolshevik Revolution, but this was not confirmed until their graves were discovered in 1991 and 2007. The American film Anastasia, directed by Anatole Litvak and featuring Ingrid Bergman appeared the same year. Both films feature actor Ivan Desny. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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