Anastasia (1956)

6.8/10 105 min Drama Romance

Overview

Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her, he comes to believe that she is really Anastasia. In the end, the Empress must decide her claim.

Cast

Ingrid Bergman

Anna Koreff / Anastasia

Yul Brynner

General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine

Helen Hayes

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna

Akim Tamiroff

Boris Adreivich Chernov

Martita Hunt

Baroness Elena von Livenbaum

Felix Aylmer

Chamberlain

Sacha Pitoëff

Piotr Ivanovich Petrovin

Ivan Desny

Prince Paul von Haraldberg

Natalie Schafer

Irina Lissemskaia / Nini

Grégoire Gromoff

Stepan

Karl Stepanek

Mikhail Vlados

Ina De La Haye

Marusia

Katherine Kath

Maxime

Peter Sallis

Grischa (uncredited)

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