Anastasia (1956)

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An opportunistic Russian businessman tries to pass a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia. But she is so convincing in her performance that even the biggest skeptics believe her.
  • Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner
  • Directed by: Anatole Litvak
  • Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
  • Release year: 1956
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Synopsis: An opportunistic Russian businessman tries to pass a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia. But she is so convincing in her performance that even the biggest skeptics believe her.
Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner
Supporting actors: Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff, Martita Hunt, Felix Aylmer, Sacha Pito??ff, Ivan Desny, Natalie Schafer, Gr??goire Gromoff, Karel Stepanek, Ina De La Haye, Katherine Kath, Paul Bildt, Alexis Bobrinskoy, Marguerite Brennan, Paula Catton, Allan Cuthbertson, Maroussia Dimitrevitch, Edward Forsyth, Hy Hazell, Tutte Lemkow
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
Genre: Drama, History
Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
Release year: 1956
Studio: 20th Century Fox
ASIN: B00265WTEW (Rental) and B00265PETO (Purchase)
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Anastasia DVD ~ Ingrid Bergman

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Theatrical Release Information
  • US Theatrical Release Date: December 13, 1956
  • Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
  • Filming Locations: Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky - 12 Rue Daru, Paris 8, Paris, France | Copenhagen, Denmark | Hertfordshire, England, UK | Knebworth House, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, UK | Københavns Hovedbanegård, Copenhagen, Denmark | Paris, France | Pont Alexandre III, Paris 7, Paris, France | Seine River, Paris, France | Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, UK | Tivoli, Copenhagen, Denmark | Île-de-France, France
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51 of 52 people found the following review helpful
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I have waited forever for the release of this magnificent movie. Amazing performances by Bergman, Brynner, Hayes (incredible) and Hunt. Unfortunately, there was a glitch in the brand new, out of the box DVD AND, the sound in the middle of the film was out of synch. How Fox could have let this go is a total mystery to me. I am very upset about it considering the amount of money that must have gone into the restoration. DVDs' are becoming worse all the time with quality slipping down the drain. Worth seeing and seeing again if Fox could fix their problems. Unfortunately I must return it.
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48 of 49 people found the following review helpful
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The film has never looked so exquisite - bright restored colors and the full widescreen. Beware though that original negative sound elements were damaged in reels 1,4 and 5. The dialogue is recorded at very low levels compared to the loud, bright musical track - and the dialogue levels vary from left side of screen to right side of screen. This is something technicians could easily have corrected, but chose not to. Shoddy work from Fox technicians mars what would otherwise have been a great DVD film release.
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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Anastasia January 29, 2004
Format:DVD
Great Movie - Horrible DVD! I'm rating this one star because the DVD quality is so bad. For the first time, I'm in the process of returning an item to Amazon. This makes me sad because I love this film and wanted to add this to my growing collection of classic films in my DVD Library. The sound is not always in synch and the volume goes up and down. The sound is absolutely terrible!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Brenner and Bergman Try Their Best
First of all, it has recently been determined by DNA analysis that the woman about whom this movie was made was NOT the Grand Duchess Anastasia. Read more
Published 18 days ago by Barbara Frederick
"...lighting dead lamps to illuminate a past that is gone..."
Paris, in the frenzied 1920s, when an opportunistic con man - who happens to be an expatriate Russian General - is struck by a beggar woman's uncanny resemblance to the long-lost... Read more
Published 1 month ago by H. Bala
Anatasia
One of my favorite films has always been "Anastasia", but I had never owned it. Imagine my thrill when the DVD arrived from Amazon. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Valerie
Anastasia, Smile Away the Past...Anastasia, Spring is Here At Last...!
After an abscence from the screen for half a decade, Ingrid Bergman made her Oscar winning return to the big screen in this sumptuous 1956 feature based on a play by Marcelle... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Deborah Earle
Love this movie!
I have always loved this movie. I was very pleased to have found it at Amazon.com
It is one of those great OLD movies! Lovely music, etc. Read more
Published 5 months ago by GrannyM
I love this movie!
My father took me to see this movie when I was 9 years old. I did not understand the story as being a "true" story so to speak so he explained who Anastasia was. Read more
Published 9 months ago by R. Lowe
"You know I'll go...you always know"
Swapping what was one of the most horrifying political crimes of the Twentieth Century with a fluffy fairytale concoction, 1956's ANASTASIA resurrected Ingrid Bergman's screen... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Byron Kolln
Anastasia
Excellent movie! I love this film! I can watch it over and over again! The main actress is amazing and all of the characters really embody the spirit of the mythical story! Read more
Published 16 months ago by D.
anastasia
I loved this movie when I was 10 years old, so I wanted to see it again as an adult. Ingrid Bergman is wonderful in this role, and the movie brought back the same "chills" as... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Sharon Frisch
Anastasia
The sound quality is terrible; loud one minute and barely audible the next. This should be addressed before any more copies are sold as it destroys the experience of watching an... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Donald L Arneberg
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