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ANASTASIA - DIE LETZTE ZARENTOCHTER (The Czar's Last Daughter) (1956) * with optional English subtitles *

Lilli Palmer as Anna Anderson / Anastasia Ivan Desny as Gleb Botkin Rudolf Fernau as Serge Botkin Tilla Durieux as the Tsar's mother Dorothea Wieck as Grand Duchess Olga Romanov Ellen Schwiers as Princess Katharina (Xenia Leeds) Käthe Braun as Frau von Rathleff-Keilmann Margot Hielscher as Crown Princess Cecilie Otto Graf as Duke of Leuchtenberg Franziska Kinz as Duchess of Leuchtenberg Hans Krull as Friedrich Ernst, Prince of Saxon-Altenburg Adelheid Seeck as Princess Irene of Prussia Fritz Tillmann as Baron von Pleskau Alice Treff as Baroness von Seekendorf Erik von Loewis as Baron Valepp Susanne von Almassy as Frau Stevens Eva Bubat as Gertrud Schanzkowsky Berta Drews as Fräulein Peuthert Maria Sebaldt as Trollop Reinhold Bernt as Landpoliceman Paul Bildt as Volkov Emmy Burg as Nurse Schwarzkopf Peter Carsten as Soldier Tchaikovski Erika Dannhoff as Frau von Pleskau Fritz Eberth as Yurovski Kurt Heintel as Kotov Lucie Höflich as Frau Bäumle Karl Klüsner as Dr. Kersten Reinhard Kolldehoff as Fichte Stanislav Ledinek as Voroneff Robert Meyn as German lawyer Marina Ried as Doris Wingender Traute Rose as Charwoman Edgar Ott as Ranger Peter Capell
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A mystery about the Czar's last daughter, Anastasia Nikolayevna Romanoff, develops in Germany years after the murder of the royal family in Yekaterinburg. A former Austrian-Hungarian POW by the name of Franz Svoboda testifies that Anastasia managed to survive the execution of her family by the Bolsheviks and was secretly carried off to Romania. Then, in 1920, and unknown woman jumps into the Landwehrkanal in Berlin. She's brought to a mental hospital, where she refuses to tell anyone her name and origin. The attending doctor determines the woman has injuries to her skull consistent with being shot and beaten. She also has deformed feet. Ms. Polvert, who has shown up at the hospital to investigate the situation, is convinced the bedridden girl is the Czar's daughter, Anastasia and informs the exiled Russian royalty in Germany.

Jahre nach der Ermordung der Familie Romanow in Jekaterinburg wird über das Schicksal der Zarentochter Anastasia Nikolajewna Romanowa gerätselt. Ein ehemaliger österreichischer Kriegsgefangener namens Franz Svoboda berichtet, Anastasia habe die Erschießung der Familie überlebt und sei nach Rumänien gebracht worden. Im Jahr 1920 springt in Berlin eine unbekannte Frau in den Landwehrkanal. Im Krankenhaus weigert sie sich, Namen und Herkunft mitzuteilen. Der behandelnde Arzt stellt im Kopfbereich Narben fest, die möglicherweise von Schlag- und Schussverletzungen stammen, sowie deformierte Füße. Fräulein Peuthert, die sich zur Untersuchung vorübergehend in der Klinik aufhält, erkennt in ihr die Zarentochter Anastasia wieder und informiert umgehend einige russische Adelige. 

DVD-R is in German with optional English subtitles.  Approx. 98 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality! THERE IS OCCASIONAL PIXELLATION IN THE FILM, BUT IT DOES NOT DISTRACT FROM THE ENTIRETY.

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