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Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986) (TV)
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7 December 1986 (USA)
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Story of Anna Anderson, who claimed to be Anastasia Romanov, the only surviving daughter of the Czar and Czarina of Russia. | add synopsis
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Won 2 Golden Globes.
Another 2 wins
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5 nominations
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A Glittering Television Adaptation
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Amy Irving | ... | Anna Anderson |
 | Olivia de Havilland | ... | Dowager Empress Maria |
 | Jan Niklas | ... | Prince Erich |
 | Nicolas Surovy | ... | Serge Markov |
 | Susan Lucci | ... | Darya Romanoff |
| Elke Sommer | ... | Isabel Von Hohenstauffen |
| Edward Fox | ... | Dr. Hauser |
| Claire Bloom | ... | Czarina Alexandra |
 | Omar Sharif | ... | Czar Nicholas II |
 | Rex Harrison | ... | Grand Duke Cyril Romanov |
| Jennifer Dundas | ... | Anastasia |
 | Christian Bale | ... | Alexei |
| Andrea Bretterbauer | ... | Sonya Markov |
| Sydney Bromley | ... | Herbert |
| Arnold Diamond | ... | Dr. Markov |
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200 min
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The last film project for Rex Harrison.
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Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna was a two-part star studded historical T.V. movie based on the Peter Kurth book, Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson. It keeps up historically pretty much, names are changed etc. But sticks to the real story quite well. Omar Sharif and Claire Bloom do quite well as the Russian royals, Czar Nicholas and Czarina Alexandra. What stuck out in my mind was the all too short portrayals by Rex Harrison and Olivia De Havilland. All in all it was a pretty classy production with some fine acting. I was quite awestruck by the production values when it first aired on NBC in late 1986. Also starring was the fine German actor Jan Niklas who had previously starred in NBC's other Russian epic "Peter the Great".
I felt that Part 2 skipped over some important details of Anna Anderson's trip to America. It's important to know too, that in 1986 less was known about the Anna Anderson story. Back then it was still not known whether her claim to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia was genuine. By the late 1990's more was known and Anna Anderson is now reputed to have been a fraud.
Too bad the networks aren't making fine made-for-television movies like this anymore.