IntroductionIntroduction

Anastasia Anastasia is an animated movie that is an animated movie that came out in 1997came out in 1997

It is an interest of high school It is an interest of high school students because it is a movie they students because it is a movie they grew up with and it reminds them of grew up with and it reminds them of their younger daystheir younger days

PlotPlot

Anastasia is given a music box from Anastasia is given a music box from her grandmother at a ballher grandmother at a ball

Rasputin places a curse on the Rasputin places a curse on the Romanovs to destroy themRomanovs to destroy them

Anastasia and her grandmother are Anastasia and her grandmother are able to escape from the palace thanks able to escape from the palace thanks to help from a servant boy names to help from a servant boy names DimitriDimitri

Anastasia fails to make it on a train Anastasia fails to make it on a train with her grandmotherwith her grandmother

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Ten years later, Anya sets off for Paris Ten years later, Anya sets off for Paris to find her familyto find her family

She goes to Saint Petersburg and gets She goes to Saint Petersburg and gets stuckstuck

Dimitri and Vladimir decide to help her Dimitri and Vladimir decide to help her if she will impersonate the missing if she will impersonate the missing AnastasiaAnastasia

They teach Anya how to act like They teach Anya how to act like Anastasia Anastasia

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Rasputin chases after Anya because she Rasputin chases after Anya because she is Anastasiais Anastasia

Dimitri realizes Anya is AnastasiaDimitri realizes Anya is AnastasiaWhile trying to convince the dowager While trying to convince the dowager

empress, Anya realizes she is Anastasiaempress, Anya realizes she is AnastasiaRasputin attacksRasputin attacksDimitri saves AnastasiaDimitri saves AnastasiaDimitri and Anastasia elopeDimitri and Anastasia elope

Character AccuracyCharacter Accuracy

Vladimir and Dimitri are fictionalVladimir and Dimitri are fictionalRasputin’s role in the downfall of the Rasputin’s role in the downfall of the

Romanovs is overstatedRomanovs is overstatedAnastasia never reached the age of Anastasia never reached the age of

18, but the movie character seems to 18, but the movie character seems to come from Anna Anderson come from Anna Anderson (Anastasia Imposter)(Anastasia Imposter)

Chronology AccuracyChronology Accuracy

Anastasia was 15 in 1916 and not 8 Anastasia was 15 in 1916 and not 8 as the movie claimsas the movie claims

Quote used by Sigmund Freud after Quote used by Sigmund Freud after his studies were completed even his studies were completed even though he did not complete his though he did not complete his studies until the 1930s studies until the 1930s

Language/Social ValuesLanguage/Social Values

Language spoken by the Romanovs Language spoken by the Romanovs was Russian, but in the movie it was was Russian, but in the movie it was EnglishEnglish

Social values are depicted fairly Social values are depicted fairly accuratelyaccurately

ConclusionConclusion

The movie is historically inaccurate The movie is historically inaccurate for the very reason that most of it is for the very reason that most of it is set during Anastasia’s life after the set during Anastasia’s life after the revolution, but in real life, Anastasia revolution, but in real life, Anastasia did not survive the Russian did not survive the Russian revolutionrevolution