Anastasia
1997 · Movie · G · 94 min · ★ 7.6 · 72% critics
Ten years after being separated from her family, an eighteen-year-old orphan with hazy memories travels to Paris to reunite with her grandmother. Two con men join her, planning to sell her as the Grand Duchess Anastasia to the Dowager Empress for a reward, while Rasputin’s presence adds danger.
Based on Anastasia
Also known as Princess Anastasia
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Details
- Years
- 1997
- Release date
- 1997-11-20
- Language
- English
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (5,622 votes)
- Box office
- $139,800,000
- Budget
- $53,000,000
About
If you want a musical animated adventure with romance, big personalities, and a fairytale-style mystery, you’ll likely enjoy Anastasia; Not for you if you need strict historical accuracy or prefer lighter, purely upbeat stories, like Tangled.
Pros: lush animated look; memorable songs; entertaining adventure | Cons: not historically accurate; story feels formulaic; some darkness
Themes
- nightmare
- villain
- czar / tsar / tzar
- musical
- based on true story
- sorcerer
- period drama
- catholic
- russian revolution (1917)
- train explosion
- 1920s
- good versus evil
- +1 more
Awards & recognition
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Family Film · 1997
- Annie Award
- Academy Award — Best Original Musical or Comedy Score · 1998 · nominated
- Annie Award — Best Animated Feature · 1998 · nominated
Cast & crew
Meg Ryan
as Anastasia (voice)
John Cusack
as Dimitri (voice)
Kelsey Grammer
as Vladimir (voice)
Christopher Lloyd
as Rasputin (voice)
Hank Azaria
as Bartok (voice)
Bernadette Peters
as Sophie (voice)
Kirsten Dunst
as Young Anastasia (voice)
Angela Lansbury
as Dowager Empress Marie (voice)
Rick Jones
as Czar Nicholas / Servant / Rev. Soldier / Ticket Agent (voice)
Andrea Martin
as Phlegmenkoff / Old Woman (voice)
Directed by Gary Goldman, Don Bluth