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The Story of Anastasia and in the UK, Is Anna Anderson Anastasia? (German: Anastasia, die letzte Zarentochter), is a German film directed by Falk Harnack. The 1956 film is based on the true story of a woman in Berlin who was pulled from the Landwehr Canal in 1920 and who later claimed to be Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II of Russia. The entire family was executed in the Russian Revolution, but this was not confirmed until their graves were discovered in 1991 and 2007.
The American film Anastasia, directed by Anatole Litvak and featuring Ingrid Bergman appeared the same year.
Original Release
09/26/1956
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lilli Palmer | Anna Anderson / Anna Anderson (Die Unbekannte) |
Ivan Desny | Cleb Botkin / Gleb Botkin |
Susanne von Almassy | Frau Stevens / Mrs. Jenny Stevens |
Käthe Braun | Frau von Rathleff-Keilmann |
Eva Bubat | Gertrud Schanzkowsky |
Emmy Burg | Pflegerin Schwarzkopf |
Erika Dannhoff | Frau von Pleskau |
Berta Drews | Fräulein Peuthert |
Tilla Durieux | Zarenmutter / Zarenmutter Maria Feodorowna von Russland |
Margot Hielscher | Kronprinzessin Cäcilie / Kronprinzessin Cäcilie von Preußen |
Directors
Writers
Herbert Reinecker, Hans Nogly, Alf Teichs
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lilli Palmer | Anna Anderson / Anna Anderson (Die Unbekannte) |
Ivan Desny | Cleb Botkin / Gleb Botkin |
Susanne von Almassy | Frau Stevens / Mrs. Jenny Stevens |
Käthe Braun | Frau von Rathleff-Keilmann |
Eva Bubat | Gertrud Schanzkowsky |
Emmy Burg | Pflegerin Schwarzkopf |
Erika Dannhoff | Frau von Pleskau |
Berta Drews | Fräulein Peuthert |
Tilla Durieux | Zarenmutter / Zarenmutter Maria Feodorowna von Russland |
Margot Hielscher | Kronprinzessin Cäcilie / Kronprinzessin Cäcilie von Preußen |
Lucie Höflich | Frau Bäumle |
Franziska Kinz | Herzogin von Leuchtenberg |
Marina Ried | Doris Wingender / Fräulein Doris Wingender |
Traute Rose | Aufwartefrau |
Ellen Schwiers | Prinzessin Katharina / Prinzessin Katharina von Russland |
Maria Sebaldt | Leichtes Mädchen |
Adelheid Seeck | Prinzessin Irene von Preußen |
Alice Treff | Baronesse von Seekendorf |
Dorothea Wieck | Großfürstin Olga Romanow / Großherzogin Olga Romanow |
Paul Bildt | Wolkow / Kammerdiener Wolkow |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Artur Brauner | Producer |
Alexander Grüter | Producer |
Günter Matern | Producer |
Alf Teichs | Producer |