“Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna”
was a 1986 made-for-TV-Mini-Series that starred Amy Irving. It ran
over two nights and was a TV ratings hit for NBC. Nicholas Romanov II
was the last Czar of Russia in 1918. Him and his family were executed
by firing squad by a Communist party. A young woman jumped from a
bridge in a suicide attempt a few years later. She was entered into
an asylum who had no “name” and a gunshot wound in her hip.
Rumors swirled that she was Anastasia Romanov who could be the lone
survivor of the family massacre.
This story has been told in many
documentaries and films. The 1956 fictional movie, “Anastasia”
won Ingrid Bergman a best actress Oscar. It also starred Yul Brynner
and Helen Hayes. The 1997 animated musical, “Anastasia” was also
fictional and loosely based on the Romanov story. It starred the
voices of Meg Ryan, John Cusack and Angela Lansbury. The NBC-TV show,
“Unsolved Mysteries” covered Anastasia Romanov and rejected her
claim that she was the long lost daughter of Nicholas.
I sat through the 3-hour DVD, “The Mystery of Anna” and decided that Anastasia's claim is a mystery
that may never be resolved. Even after the descendants of the Romanov
family rejected her. She remains an enigma who might have
fooled a lot people. Her recollections of the life she may have led did seem quite real. Check out TV mini-series if you can. It's a mystery...,
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986) by m0vietrailerpark
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