Anastasia

Dazzling animation compensates for historical inaccuracies in this musical version of the tale of a waif who may or may not be the daughter of murdered Russian royalty., Russian royal Anastasia does not remember her origins and when she travels to St Petersburg to investigate her forgotten past, she falls in with two conmen who want to pass her off as the lost princess, little suspecting that their ‘fake’ princess is in fact the real thing., The daughter of the last Russian Tsar, Anastasia, is found by two con men who seek the reward promised by her grandmother for her safe return – while the evil Rasputin conspires against her., Don Bluth and Gary Goldman’s animated drama is loosely based on the story of Anastasia, grand-daughter of the last Tsar of Russia. When the family is killed, only Anastasia and her grandmother escape, but they are separated. Years later, conmen Dimitri and Vladimir hear of a reward for the return of Anastasia to her grandmother and begin preparing Anya to play the part, little realising that the teenage girl is, in fact, the real Anastasia. With Christopher Lloyd as the voice of Rasputin who, trapped in limbo, can only escape if his curse is fulfilled and the Tsar’s bloodline is finally ended., The only surviving child of the Russian Royal Family hooks up with two con men while the undead Rasputin seeks her death., The musical, animated extravaganza tells the story of the missing Romanov princess, Anastasia, who is found 10 years after her disappearance by two men who want to cash in on the Romanov estate. The voice cast includes Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd and Angela Lansbury., The first feature from the 20th Century-Fox animation unit in Phoenix, Arizona, this is the ninth film produced and directed by the Don Bluth/Gary Goldman duo (An American Tail) and the first animated feature to be made in CinemaScope since Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (1959). This $50 million animated fantasy retells the story of Anastasia, daughter of Czar Nicholas, beginning with her childhood in 1916 Russia. After Rasputin’s curse on the Romanovs, little Anastasia is separated from her grandmother, the Dowager Empress Maria. After growing up in an orphanage, Anastasia emerges as a young woman called Anya. With no clear memory of her youth, Anya encounters entrepreneurs who seek an Anastasia look-alike in hopes of collecting a reward in Paris from the aged Dowager Empress. Despite demonic interference from Rasputin, the three travel to Paris where another problem awaits: the Dowager Empress is now skeptical of the parade of imposters., After Rasputin’s curse on the Romanovs, little Anastasia is separated from her grandmother, the Dowager Empress Maria. After growing up in an orphanage, Anastasia emerges as a young woman called Anya. With no clear memory of her youth, Anya encounters entrepreneurs who seek an Anastasia look-alike in hopes of collecting a reward in Paris from the aged Dowager Empress.