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Synopsis: 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 she is really Anastasia. In the end the Empress must decide her claim.
Director(s): Anatole Litvak
Production: 20th Century Fox
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
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Year:
1956
105 min
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"Again we subscribed. Then you said

you found her, but she was too sick.

- More money. "

- Too sick?

- Oh, that was Galina. Too stupid.

- "How long can she be sick, Chernov?

How much money can you drain

from our thin pockets, Chernov?"

- How much have they got, Chernov?

- The joke is on us, General.

- They give us exactly eight days.

- Eight days for what?

Eight days to produce Her Highness,

the Grand Duchess Anastasia.

- Or we go to prison for fraud.

- For fraud!

- Well, it has taken them long enough.

- Is that all you can say?

It really sickens me how

you let him make you suffer...

how you like to suffer...

and you delight in making him suffer.

Not particularly. I merely

thought it advisable...

to determine exactly

what our situation was...

- before suggesting how to deal with it.

- What did I tell you?

All right, General.

Let's have your surprise. Where is she?

- Where is who?

- The woman Stepan saw in the asylum in St. Cloud!

Correct. We have

finally tracked her down.

- Really?

- No!

- Of course, she does not admit that she was there.

- No.

- Really?

- Nor does she admit that she told a nun there...

- that she was the tsar's daughter.

- What does she admit?

- Nothing. I think she may be lying.

- Then why do you believe...

But the important thing is that

properly used, she may serve our purpose.

- How?

- She has certain surprising features.

- Such as?

- You will see.

She also has a rather

intriguing strangeness.

Of course, that may be

simply the result of amnesia.

Him and his surprises.

If he were looking for a grand duke...

- he wouldn't find so many.

- Stepan!

Bring her in.

Come over here.

Don't worry.

These two gentlemen are friends.

Here. Sit down.

How about a glass of vodka?

It'll do you good.

Thank you.

There's nothing to fear.

They merely want to examine you.

Examine? Are they doctors?

- They don't help.

- Doctors? No.

- They are not doctors.

- No, no. We should have kept the redhead.

The tsar's daughter

drinks like a cossack.

- May I have a cigarette?

- Sure. Here.

- Where am I?

- I told you. With friends.

- Strange.

- What?

- The resemblance to the other.

- Yes. Both female.

Have you gentlemen considered

what she went through?

The streets, probably.

I can imagine her walk.

- Stand up.

- What did you say?

Ho, ho, ho!

I said, "Stand up. "

We would like to see you walk

over to there, if you please.

Mm, no. At least with the redhead,

we could have dyed her hair.

But a walk? The grand duchesses

learned with books on their heads.

- You could recognize them

by their carriage alone.

Oh. Stone walls.

What's she talking about?

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Arthur Laurents

Arthur Laurents (July 14, 1917 – May 5, 2011) was an American playwright, stage director and screenwriter.After writing scripts for radio shows after college and then training films for the U.S. Army during World War II, Laurents turned to writing for Broadway, producing a body of work that includes West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), and Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), and directing some of his own shows and other Broadway productions. His early film scripts include Rope (1948) for Alfred Hitchcock, followed by Anastasia (1956), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), The Way We Were (1973), and The Turning Point (1977). more…

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