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Anastasia (1956)
Director: Anatole Litvak
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From Time Out Film Guide
Paris, 1928: When White Russian general Brynner picks out amnesiac peasant Bergman to claim she's the daughter of the murdered Tsar, little does he know how well she'll stand up to a grilling at the hands of Hayes' formidable Empress Dowager. Glossy 'Scope historical puzzler (from the play by Marcelle Maurette and Guy Bolton) with Oscar-winning Bergman on regal form in her first Hollywood picture after her European adventure with Rossellini.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: Anatole Litvak
Producer: Buddy Adler
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff, Martita Hunt, Felix Aylmer, Serge Pitoeff full cast
Genre(s): Children's, Period/Swashbucklers
Duration: 105 mins
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