The Story
1839.
In revolutionary Russia, the princess Anastasia loses her title and her
memory, but she finds it back in Paris, along with love.
A
magic mix of action, adventure, comedy, novel and music. ANASTASIA is a
spectacular cartoon about the disappearance of the Russian princess, the last
legendary survivor of the Romanovs, and about her incredible journey searching
for her true identity. During her adventure, unique in her kind, Anastasia and
her friends have to fight the perfidious wizard Rasputin, his friend, the albino
bat Bartok and a band of ghostly creatures, all together to complete the revenge
of Rasputin.
Situated in imperial Russia, in the Soviet Union post – revolution and in
the sparkling Paris of the 20’s, ANASTASIA is a fairy tale of the XX century,
inspired by the legend of the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaevna. For a long
time people discussed the fact that Anastasia would have survived the
destroying effects of the Russian revolution: the film focuses on the essence of
this mystery and it asks what would have happened in reality if the princess
would have survived.
Fiorello - Dimitri
To support the whole film there are
the beautiful songs which are a part of the song title which has had an Oscar
nomination. In the original version Anastasia and Dimitri have been synchronized
by Meg Ryan and John Cusack, but in the Italian version it’s Tosca and
Fiorello who are giving the voice to the two main characters.
