30 quotes
A Request for Silence and Understanding
Anya
Please, don't talk anymore, okay? It's only gonna upset me.
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Unexpected Gift of a Tent
Anya
You bought me a...tent.
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Gratitude in the Face of Danger
Dimitri
If we live through this, remind me to thank you.
[Anya just saved him from falling off the baggage car of the train chasing after the engine]
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Recognition of a Con Man
Dowager Empress Marie
Dimitri, I've heard of you! You're that con man from St. Petersburg, who was holding auditions to find an Anastasia look-a-like!
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Facing Fear on the Journey to the Past
Anya
Heart don't fail me now. Courage don't desert me. Don't turn back now that we're here. People always say life is full of choices, no one ever mentions fear. Or how the world can seem so vast on a journey to the past.
[singing]
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Searching for Pooka in the Chaos
Anya
Pooka, Pooka, Pooka where are you?
Anya
Aah!!! Oh!!
Dimitri
Did you hear something?
Vladimir
Mm, no.
Anya
Hello, anybody home?
Anya
Bowls, plate. Hmmm. This place it’s … it’s like a memory from a dream.
Anya
♪Dancing bears♪ ♪Painted wings♪ ♪Things I almost remember♪ ♪And a song♪ ♪Someone sings♪ ♪Once upon a December♪ ♪Someone holds me safe and warm♪ ♪Horses prance through a silver storm♪ ♪Figures dancing gracefully♪ ♪Across my memory♪
[singing]
Anya
♪Someone holds me safe and warm♪ ♪Horses prance through a silver storm♪ ♪Figures dancing gracefully♪ ♪Across my memory♪ ♪Far away, long ago♪ ♪Glowing dim as an ember♪
Anya
♪Things my heart used to know♪ ♪Things it yearns to remember♪
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Rasputin's Betrayal for Power and Hatred
Dowager Empress Marie
Consumed by his hatred for Nicholas and his family, Rasputin sold his soul for the power to destroy them.
[narrating]
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Searching for a Sign of Belonging
Anya
Be grateful, Anya". I am grateful! Grateful to get away Go left, she says. Well, I know what’s to the left. I’ll be Anya the Orphan forever. But if I go right … Maybe I could find… Who ever gave me this necklace must have loved me… This is crazy! Me go to Paris … ? Send me a sign! A hint! Anything!
[mimicks Phelemenkof’s speech.; in normal voice; She comes to a fork in the road. She stops. One sign points to "Fisherman’s Village and the other sign points to "St. Petersburg.; she touches her necklace; She tilts her head skyward and closes her eyes in prayer.]
Anya
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Anya
I don’t have time to play right now, OK. I’m waiting for a sign.
Anya
Would you give me that, could you, would you please leave me alone. Stop, give me that back, gi … gi … Oh!!!
[exasperated]
Anya
Oh, … Oh, great. A dog wants me to go to St. Petersburg. Okay…
[Glancing Skyward]
Anya
I can take a hint.
Anya
♪Heart, don't fail me now♪ ♪Courage, don't desert me♪ ♪Don't turn back♪ ♪Now that we're here♪ ♪People always say♪ ♪Life is full of choices♪ ♪No one ever mentions fear♪ ♪Or how the world can seem so vast♪ ♪On a journey♪ ♪To the past♪
Anya
♪Somewhere down this road♪ ♪I know someone's waiting♪ ♪Years of dreams just can't be wrong♪ ♪Arms will open wide♪ ♪I'll be safe and wanted♪ ♪Finally home where I belong♪ ♪Well, starting now♪ ♪I'm learning fast♪ ♪On this journey♪ ♪To the past♪
Dad
Corne Mama we’ll be late.
Mom
Oh, look, look at the beautiful PUPPY - - - -
Anya
♪Home, love, family♪
Dad
Let’s go, children.
Girl Child
Bye.
Anya
♪There was once a time I must have had them too♪ ♪Home, love, family♪ ♪I will never be complete♪ ♪Until I find you♪ ♪One step at a time♪ ♪One hope, then another♪ ♪Who knows where this road may go?♪ ♪Back to who I was♪ ♪On to find my future♪ ♪Things my heart still needs to know♪ ♪Yes, let this be a sign♪ ♪Let this road be mine♪ ♪Let it lead me to my past♪ ♪And bring me home♪ ♪At last♪
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Anya Questions Unusual Attention from Others
Anya
What? Hey - why are you circling me? What were you, a vulture in another life?
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Loss and Longing for a Grandchild
Dowager Empress Marie
So many lives were destroyed that night. What had always been was now gone forever. And my Anastasia, my beloved grandchild...I never saw her again.
[narrating]
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Debate Over Bringing a Dog to Paris
Dimitri
May I present her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Anastasia.
Anya
Pooka, we are going to Paris!
Dimitri
The dog stays.
Anya
What are you talking about, the dog goes.
Dimitri
The dog does not go.
Anya
I say he’s going.
Dimitri
I’m allergic to dogs.
Bartok
Anastasia. Yeah, just one problem there fella, Anastasia’s dead. All the Romanovs are dead. They’re dead, dead, dead, dead …
Bartok
… Am I right, my friend? I mean, how could that be Ana …
[to Minion; realizing whom he’s talking to]
Bartok
Aah … YAAAAGH!!!
Bartok
Oh, come on now. Am I supposed to believe that thing woke up after all these years just because some guy claims she’s a Romanov?
Bartok
Okay! Okay! I get-the message! Enough already with glowing and the smoke people!
[spooked]
Bartok
If that things come back to life it must mean Anastasia’s alive.
[amazed]
Dimitri
Just leave the dog.
Anya
I am not leaving the dog.
Bartok
… and that’s her.
Vladimir
Come we’ve got a train to catch.
Bartok
Whoah!!!
Bartok
Mayday, Mayday! Hey! Aah! Oh! Yech! Ooh! Oh. Waah! Help! Oh, oh, oh! Hot. It's hot! Aah! Oh, oh…
Bartok
- Oh, boy. Ow. what. Ow!! I tell you.
Rasputin
Who dares intrude on my solitude? Get out! Get out! OUT!
Rasputin
Bartok? Is that you?
Bartok
Ahh, Ooh… Master? You're alive? You’re…
Rasputin
Yeah, In a manner of speaking.
Bartok
Whoa, that fell right out of there, sir.
Rasputin
Something’s happened.
Bartok
Yeah! Woopsey!
Rasputin
I knew it! I could feel the dark forces stirring.
Bartok
I’m not surprised because I saw her. Anastasia … Oh!
Rasputin
Anastasia?! Alive?!!
Bartok
Ah, sir, your lips they’re... ah...
Rasputin
That Romanov brat!
Bartok
Wow… Yeah, ain’t that a kick in the head. I guess a curse just ain’t what it used to be, huh, sir?
Rasputin
That’s why …
Bartok
Wow, wow …
Rasputin
… I’m stuck here in limbo!
Rasputin
My curse is unfulfilled.
Bartok
Wow, Ooh, Oh …
[humming and grunting as he carries the hand]
Rasputin
Look at me. I’m falling apart! I’m a wreck!
[Crying]
Bartok
Actually, considering how long you’ve been dead you look pretty good.
Bartok
Sir, you do, you do.
Rasputin
Really?
[Truly flattered]
Bartok
Sir, is this the face of a bat who would lie to you? Come on, for a minute there, you had your old spark back.
Rasputin
If only I hadn’t lost the gift from the dark forces, the key to my powers.
Bartok
What? You mean this Re1iquary?
Rasputin
Oh, Where did you get that?
Bartok
Oh, I found it …
Rasputin
Give it to me!
[Interrupts]
Bartok
All right, All right, Don’t get so grabby.
Rasputin
My old friend, together again. Ah, Ha Ha! Now my dark purpose will be fulfilled, and the last of the Romanovs will DIE!!
[Stroking the Reliquary; Holding it, closing his eyes]
Bartok
Wow…
Rasputin
♪In the dark of the night I was tossing and turning♪ ♪And the nightmare I had♪
Bartok
Wah, wah …
Rasputin
♪was as bad as can be♪
Bartok
Oh, oh.
Rasputin
♪It scared me out of my wits♪ ♪A corpse falling to bits♪ ♪Then I opened my eyes and the nightmare was me♪
Bartok
Wow, wow, wow, oh!!
Rasputin
♪I was once the most mystical man in all Russia♪ ♪When the royals betrayed me they made a mistake♪ ♪My curse made each of them pay♪ ♪But one little girl got away♪ ♪Little Anya beware, Rasputin's awake♪
Bartok
Ow! Ow! Ow! Oh, ooh!!!
Creatures
♪In the dark of the night, just before down♪ ♪Aah♪
Rasputin
♪Revenge will be sweet♪
Rasputin and Creatures
♪When the curse of complete♪
All
♪In the dark of the night♪
Rasputin
♪She'll be gone!♪
Bartok
Hi, ladies. Listen…
Rasputin
♪I can feel that my powers are slowly returning♪
Bartok
Ah, ha!
Rasputin
♪Tie my sash, add a dash of cologne for that smell♪ ♪As the pieces fall into place♪
Bartok
Wow!
Rasputin
♪I'll see her crawl into place♪ ♪Do svidaniya, Anya, Your Grace♪ ♪Farewell♪
Creatures
♪In the dark of the night, terror will strike her♪
Rasputin
♪Terror’s the least I can do!♪
Creatures
♪In the dark of the night, evil will brew♪ ♪Ooh!♪
Rasputin
♪Soon she will feel that her nightmares are real♪
All
♪In the dark of the night♪
Rasputin
♪She'll be through!♪
Creatures
♪In the dark of the night, evil will find her♪
One Creature
♪Find her♪
Wormettes
Ooh!
Creatures
♪In the dark of the night, terror come true♪
Bartok
Hi, yah!
One Creature
♪Doom her♪
Rasputin
♪My dear, here's a sign♪
Rasputin and Creatures
♪It's the end of the line♪
All
♪In the dark of the night♪ ♪In the dark of the night♪
Rasputin
♪Come, my minions♪ ♪Rise for your master♪ ♪Let your evil shine♪
Creatures
♪In the dark of the night♪ ♪In the dark of the night♪
Rasputin
♪Find her now♪ ♪Yes, fly ever faster♪
All
♪In the dark of the night♪ ♪In the dark of the night♪ ♪In the dark of the night♪
Rasputin
♪She'll be mine!♪
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The Quest for Princess Anastasia
Dimitri
It's the rumor, the legend, the mystery. It's the Princess Anastasia who will help us fly. You and I, friend, will go down in history. We'll find a girl to play the part and teach her what to say. Dress her up and take her to Paris. Imagine the reward her dear old grandmamma will pay. Who else could pull it off but you and me?
[singing as Jonathan Dokuchitz]
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Expectations of a Grand Duchess
Dimitri
What, oh, the mutt gets the window seat.
[Growls back at dog]
Dimitri
Stop fiddling with that thing! And sit up straight - remember – you’re a Grand Duchess.
Anya
How is that you know what Grand Duchesses do or don’t do.
Dimitri
I make it my business to know.
Anya
Oh.
Dimitri
Look, Anya, I’m just trying to help. All right?
Vladimir
Mmm.
Anya
Dimitri…
[innocently]
Dimitri
Mm hmm?
Anya
Do you really think I’m royalty?
Dimitri
You know, I do.
Anya
Then stop bossing me around!
Vladimir
Well, she certainly has a mind of her own.
Dimitri
Yeah, I hate that in a woman.
Dimitri
Look, I think we got off on the wrong foot.
Anya
Well, I think we did too.
Dimitri
0K.
Anya
But I appreciate your apology.
Dimitri
Apology? Who said anything about an apology? I was just saying …
Anya
Please …D…
[struggling]
Dimitri
I was just saying that we...
Anya
Don’t talk anymore, OK? It’s only gonna upset me.
Dimitri
Fine. I’ll be quiet. quiet if you will. I’ll, I’ll be.
Anya
Alright I’ll be quiet.
Dimitri
Fine.
Anya
Fine.
Dimitri
Fine.
Anya
Fine.
Anya
You think you’re gonna miss it?
Dimitri
Miss what … your talking?
Anya
No, Russia.
Dimitri
Nope.
Anya
But it was your home.
Dimitri
It was a place I once lived. End of story.
Anya
Well, then you must plan on making Paris your true home.
Dimitri
What is it with you and homes?
Anya
Well, for one thing it’s something that every normal person wants, and for another thing, it’s a thing where you …
Dimitri
What?
[interupting]
Anya
Y… you know… oh, just forget it!
Dimitri
Fine.
Anya
AAAH!
Anya
Gasp! Thank goodness it’s you. Just please remove him from my sight.
Vladimir
What have you done to her?
Dimitri
Me? It’s her!
[shuttering]
Anya
Ha! Just trying to have a simple conversation.
Vladimir
Oh, no … an unspoken atttaction!
Dimitri
Attraction? To that skinny little brat … have you lost your mind?
Vladimir
I was only asking a simple question.
Dimitri
Attraction! Ridiculous.
Traveling Man
Last month, the traveling papers were blue, but now they’re red.
Guard
Papers! Papers, papers.
Vladimir
Oh. Pardon, oh.
Conductor
Tickets!
Woman
How rude.
Vladimir
It’s what I hate about his government -- everything’s in red.
Dimitri
Red?
Vladimir
I propose we move to the baggage car -- quickly, before the guards come!
Dimitri
I propose we get off this train.
Dimitri
Hey!
Anya
Ugh!
Dimitri
OW!
Anya
Sorry, I thought you were some … Oh! It’s you. Well, that’s okay then.
Dimitri
Come on, we gotta go!
Anya
Where are we going?!
Dimitri
I think you broke my nose!
Anya
Men are such babies.
Dimitri
Ah, yes, yes, this will do nicely.
[whispers]
Vladimir
She’ll freeze in here.
Dimitri
She can thaw in Paris.
Anya
The baggage car?…There wouldn’t be anything wrong with our papers would there, Maestro?
[to Dimitri]
Dimitri
Of course not, your grace, it’s just that I … I hate to see you forced to mingle with all those commoners.
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The Spark of Unhappiness Ignites Destruction
Dowager Empress Marie
From that moment on, the spark of unhappiness in our country was fanned into a flame that would soon destroy our lives forever.
[narrating]
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A Dreamlike Memory of a Place
Anya
This place. It's - It's like a memory from a dream.
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A Misunderstanding Between Two Characters
Anya
Oh, sorry. I thought you were someone el-oh, it's you. Well, that's okay, then.
[after waking up, flailing her arm and smacking Dimitri in the nose]
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Dimitri Questions Anya's Presence in the Room
Dimitri
Hey!
Dimitri
What are you doing in here?
[yelling]
Dimitri
Hey! Hey! Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, hold on a minute. Hold on!
Dimitri
Now, how did you get in he-here?
Vladimir
Excuse me, child.
Dimitri
Vlad, do you see what I see?
Vladimir
No.
Vladimir
Oh yes, yes.
Dimitri
Hmm, a dog…
Anya
Are you Dimitri?
Dimitri
… cute.
Dimitri
Perhaps, that depends on who’s looking, for him.
[Leading]
Anya
My name is Anya … I need travel papers… They say you’re the man to see even though I can’t tell you who said that.
[whispered]
Dimitri
Hmm, hmmm.
Anya
Hey and why, why are you circling me? Were you a vulture in another life?
Dimitri
I’m sor…I’m sorry Enya.
Anya
It’s Anya, Anya.
Dimitri
Anya, it’s just … just that you look an awful lot like … Never mind … Now, you said something about travel papers?
Anya
Uh, yes … I’d like to go to Paris.
Dimitri
You’d like to go to Paris?
Anya
Mhmm.
Vladimir
Who is this here. Oh, Oh, look. Oh, oh, he likes me.
[laughter]
Dimitri
Nice Dog.
Vladimir
Oh, oh, it’s marvelous. Aw! I love, I love, I love you.
Dimitri
Let me ask you something, Anya was it … Is there a last name that goes with that?
Anya
Well, actually … This is going to sound crazy … I don’t know my last name. I was found wondering around when I was 8 years old.
Dimitri
And before that … before you were eight?
Anya
Look, oh, look, I know it’s strange but I don’t remember. I have very few memories of my past.
Dimitri
Hmm, that’s, that’s perfect.
[whispers to Vladimir]
Anya
Well, I do have one clue, however, and that is Paris.
Dimitri
Paris.
Anya
Right. So, can … so can you two, help me or not?
[relieved]
Dimitri
Hey, Vlad, Vlad, tickets! Ah sure would like to … in fact, oddly enough, we’re going to Paris ourselves.
[whispers to Vladimir; to Anya]
Dimitri
… Ah, ah, and I’ve got three AW … well, this one is, but I’ve got tickets here …
Anya
Oh, I...
Dimitri
… Eh, Unfortunately the third one is for her, Anastasia.
Anya
Oh.
Vladimir
We are going to reunite the Grand Duchess Anastasia with her grandmother.
Dimitri
You do kind of resemble her.
[setting her up]
Vladimir
The same blue eyes.
Dimitri
The Romanov eyes.
Vladimir
Nicholas’ smile.
Dimitri
Alexandra’s chin.
Vladimir
Oh, look she even has the grandmother’s hands!
Dimitri
She’s the same age, the same physical type.
Anya
Are you trying to tell me that you think that I am Anastasia?
Dimitri
All I’m trying to tell you is that I’ve seen thousands of girls all over the country and not one of them looks as much like the Grand Duchess as you do. I mean look at the portrait.
Anya
I knew you were crazy from the beginning, but now I think you are both mad. Hmm.
[to Dimitri]
Dimitri
Why? You don’t remember what happened to you…
Vladimir
No one knows what happened to her.
Dimitri
You’re looking for family in Paris.
Vladimir
And her only family is in Paris.
Dimitri
Ever thought about the possibility?
Anya
That I could be royalty?
Vladimir and Dimitri
Mmm-Hmm.
Anya
Well, I don’t know … it’s kind of hard to think of yourself as a Duchess when you’re sleeping on a damp floor. But sure, yeah, I guess every lonely girl would hope she’s a Princess.
Vladimir
And somewhere … One little girl is. After all, the name Anastasia means "she will rise again".
Dimitri
Really wish we could help, but the third ticket is for the Grand Duchess Anastasia.
Dimitri
Good luck.
Vladimir
Why didn’t you tell her about our brilliant plan?
Dimitri
All she wants to do is go to Paris. Why give away a third of the reward money.
Vladimir
I’m telling you … We’re walking away too soon …
[whispered]
Dimitri
Not to worry, I got it all under control, All right… but walk a little slower.
[whispered]
Anya
Hmm...
Dimitri
Three … Two … One.
[silently]
Anya
Dimitri!
Vladimir
Ha, right in the palm of our hand.
Anya
Dimitri, wait!
[shouts]
Dimitri
Di … Did you call me?
[innocent]
Anya
if I don’t remember who I am, then who’s to say I’m not a princess or a duchess or a whatever she is … Right?
Dimitri
Hmm … Go on.
Anya
Yeah, and if I’m not Anastasia, the Empress will certainly know right away … and it’s all just an honest mistake.
Dimitri
Sounds plausible.
Vladimir
But if you are the princess, then you’ll finally know who you are and have your family back.
Dimitri
You know, you know, he’s right! Either way, it gets you to Paris.
[laughing; Anya puts her hand out for a handshake. Dimitri, a little taken aback, shakes it’. She gives him a solid shake. He grabs his hand in pain.]
Anya
Right!
Dimitri
OW!
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Men's Immaturity in Relationships
Anya
Men are such babies.
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Desperation for Tools in Crisis Situation
Dimitri
Come on! I need a wrench - an ax! Anything! Come on! There's gotta be something in there better than this! ...That'll work! Go, go, go! What do they teach you in those orphanages?
[struggles to uncouple the baggage car from the burning locomotive; breaks a hammer while cutting the train couplings between the train engine's tender and baggage car; Anya hands him a dynamite; sticks the dynamite on the coupling; they hide behind boxes; they duck their heads as the dynamite on the coupling between the engine's tender and baggage car explodes to separate the runaway locomotive]
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The Dark Influence of Rasputin on the Romanovs
Dowager Empress Marie
But we would never be together in Paris, for a dark shadow had descended upon the house of the Romanovs. His name was Rasputin. We thought he was a holy man, but he was a fraud; power-mad and dangerous.
[narrating]
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Dimitri's Disdain for Trains
Dimitri
I hate trains! Remind me never to get on the train again.
[after they escape from a runaway train, uncoupled from the overheated train engine, coal tender, ruined baggage car, and separated dining car, coach, and observation car]
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Job Offer in the Fish Factory
Phlegmenkof
I got you a job in the Fish Factory. You go straight down this path till you get to the fork in the road, go left - are you listening?
Anya
Bye, bye, everybody, I’m listening Comrade Phlegmenkof.
Phlegmenkof
You’ve been a thorn in my side since you were brought here.
Anya
He-hey.
Phlegmenkof
Acting like the Queen of Sheba, instead of the nameless no account you are. And for the last ten years I’ve fed you, I’ve clothed you. I’ve kept a roof over your head-
Anya
Kept a roof over my head.
[miming those exact words, then interrupts]
Phlegmenkof
Oh! How is it you don’t have a clue as to who you were before you came to us, but you can remember all that?
Anya
I do have a clue to--
[holding necklace]
Phlegmenkof
Ugh! I know!
[interrupts; pulls at the necklace]
Phlegmenkof
Together in Paris." So, you want to go to France to find your family, huh?
[laughs]
Anya
Mm-hmm.
Phlegmenkof
… Little Miss Anya, it’s time to take your place in life.
Phlegmenkof
…in life and in line, and be grateful too.
Anya
Oh.
Phlegmenkof
Together in Paris. Be grateful.
[laughs, coughs]
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Ticket Agent Enforces Exit Visa Requirement
Anya
One ticket to Paris, please.
Ticket Agent
Exit visa?
[gruffly]
Anya
Exit visa?
Ticket Agent
No exit visa, no ticket.
Anya
Oh, hmm.
Sweeper Woman
Psst. See Dimitri. He can help.
[whispering]
Anya
Where can I find him?
Sweeper Woman
At the old Palace, but you didn’t hear it from me.
Anya
Oh.
Sweeper Woman
Go, go, go, go.
Anya
Hmm, Dimitri.
Dimitri
Nice, nice, very nice, yeah…
Actress
And I look like a princess, and I dance like a feather.
Dimitri
… Okay, hmm, thank you, thank you. Next, please!
Ludmilla
Grandmama. It’s me, Anastasia…
Dimitri
Oh, brother.
[to himself]
Vladimir
That’s it, Dimitri. Game over. Our last kopeck gone for this flea-infested theater, and still no girl to pretend to be Anastasia!
[frustrated]
Dimitri
We’ll find her, Vlad. She’s here somewhere, right under our noses.
Dimitri
Don’t forget, one look at this jewelry box and the Empress will think we’ve brought the real Anastasia …
Anya
I’m looking for the Catherine …
Anya
Excuse me. …do you know where that is?
Dimitri
… and before she catches on, we’ll be off spending the ten million rubles.
Stranger
There’s nothing there. No, no there’s no one living there, go on.
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Confrontation with a Betrayer in the Palace
Marie
But we would never be together in Paris. For a dark shadow had descended upon the house of the Romanovs. His name was Rasputin. We thought he was a Holy Man, but he was a fraud, power-mad and dangerous.
[narrating]
Nicholas
How dare you return to the palace?!
Rasputin
But I am your confidant.
Nicholas
Confidant? Ha! You are a traitor. Get out!!
Rasputin
You think you can banish the Great Rasputin? By the unholy powers vested in me, I banish you with a curse!
[to Nicholas]
Rasputin
Mark my words. You and your family will die within the fortnight! I will not rest until I see the END OF THE ROMANOV LINE FOREVER!!!!
[to Nicholas]
Marie
Consumed by his hatred for Nicholas and his family, Rasputin sold his soul for the power to destroy them.
[narrating]
Rasputin
Go. Fulfill your dark purpose, and seal the fate of the Czar and his family once and for all.
[to Reliquary]
Marie
From that moment on, the spark of unhappiness in our country was fanned into a flame that would soon destroy our lives forever!
[narrating]
Girl
Help! Help!
Nicholas
Hurry, children!!!
Young Anastasia
My music box!
Marie
Anastasia! Come back, come back! Anastasia!
Bartok
Oy.
[grunt; on impact of landing on window sill]
Marie
Please hurry!
Young Dimitri
Come this way, out the servants quarters.
Marie
Hurry, Anastasia!
Bartok
Rasputin, she’s getting away!
Young Anastasia
My music box!
Young Dimitri
Go, go!
Guard
Comrades, in here!
Guard
Where are they, boy?
Young Dimitri
Uh, ah! .
[moans]
Young Anastasia
Grandmama!
Marie
Keep up with me, darling!
Marie
Rasputin!
[sees the evil holy man.]
Young Anastasia
Let me go, please!
Rasputin
You’ll never escape me, child! NEVER!
[thrashing in the water]
Young Anastasia
Oh, let me go!
Rasputin
Bartok!
Bartok
Master!
Bartok
Uh…
Marie
Anastasia, hurry, hurry!!
Young Anastasia
Grandmama!!
Marie
Here, take my hand! Hold on to my hand!
Young Anastasia
Don’t let go!
Marie
Oh, Anastasia!
Marie
ANASTASIA!!!!!!!!
Marie
So many lives were destroyed that night. What had always been was now gone forever. And my Anastasia, my beloved grandchild… I never saw her again.
[narrating]
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Heartache and Disillusionment of the Empress
Dowager Empress Marie
My heart can't take it anymore. I will see no more girls claiming to be Anastasia.
[looking at the photo, of young Anastasia, on the desk and places it face down]
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A Glimpse of a Lost Enchanted World
Footman
Your highness…
Coachman
Hyah!
Marie
There was a time, not very long ago, when we lived in an enchanted world of elegant palaces and grand parties.
[narrating]
Marie
The year was 1916…
[narrating]
Marie
…and my son Nicholas, was the Czar of Imperial Russia.
[narrating; Move into palace]
Marie
Hello, darling. We were celebrating the three hundredth anniversary of our family’s rule.
[narrating]
Young Anastasia
Oh, Papa!
Marie
…and that night, no star burned brighter than that of our sweet Anastasia, my youngest granddaughter.
[narrating]
Marie
She begged me not to return to Paris - so I had a very special gift made for her…
[narrating]
Marie
… to make the separation easier for both of us.
[narrating]
Young Anastasia
For me?! Is it a jewelry box?!
Servant
Dimitri, you belong in the kitchen.
Young Dimitri
Let go!
Marie
Look.
Young Anastasia
It plays our lullaby!
[gasps]
Marie
You can play it at night before you go to sleep. And pretend that it’s me singing. ♪On the wind, cross the sea, hear this song and remember.♪ ♪Soon you’ll be home with me once upon a December.♪ Read what it says.
[singing; with Anastasia; Marie hands Anastasia the key]
Young Anastasia
Together in Paris". Really? Oh, Grandmama!
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Reflections on a Lost Imperial Era
Dowager Empress Marie
There was a time, not very long ago, when we lived in an enchanted world of elegant palaces and grand parties. The year was 1916 and my son, Nicholas, was the Czar of Imperial Russia. We were celebrating the 300th anniversary of our family's rule. And, that night, no star burned brighter than that of our sweet Anastasia, my youngest granddaughter. She begged me not to return to Paris, so I had a very special gift made for her, to make the separation easier, for both of us.
[First lines, narrating]
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The Joy of Reunion and Recognition
Dowager Empress Marie
Knowing that you are alive, seeing the woman you have become, brings me joy I never thought I could feel again.
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Expression of Gratitude for Freedom
Anya
I am grateful. Grateful to get away!
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Rumors and Gloom in St. Petersburg
Old Man
♪St. Petersburg is gloomy♪
Younger Woman
♪St. Petersburg is bleak♪
Shivering Man
♪My underwear got frozen standing here all week!♪
All
♪Oh, since the revolution, our lives have been so gray.♪ ♪Thank goodness for the gossip that gets us through the day!♪ ♪Hey!♪ ♪Have you heard there’s a rumor in St. Petersburg?♪ ♪Have you heard what they’re saying on the street?♪
Newsman
♪Although the Czar did not survive♪ ♪One daughter may be still alive♪
All
♪The Princess Anastasia!♪
Newsman
♪But please do not repeat!♪
All
♪It’s a rumor, a legend, a mystery!♪ ♪Something whispered in an alleyway or through a crack!♪ ♪It’s a rumor that’s part of our history!♪
Babushka
♪They say her royal grandmama will pay a royal sum♪
All
♪To someone who can bring the princess back!♪
[We go to a seedy corner of the town, where black marketers ply their wares. Some are selling remnants from the ransacked palace. Vladimir waits nervously while Dimitri, now 20, haggles with a scary looking gangster.]
Black Marketers
PSST! Over here! Fell off the truck, Big bargain!
[various solos]
Dimitri
Vlad!
[whistle]
Vladimir
Dimitri! I’ve got my part done.
Black Marketer #1
♪A ruble for this painting. It’s Romanov, I swear!♪
Black Marketer #2
♪Count Yusopov’s pajamas! Comrades, buy the pair!♪
Black Marketer #3
♪I got this from the palace, it’s lined with real fur.♪
[holding a ratty fur coat]
Dimitri and Black Marketer #3
♪It could be worth a fortune if it belonged to her!♪
Vladimir
Well, Dimitri, I got us a theater.
Dimitri
Everything’s going according to plan. All we need is the girl. Just think, Vlad, no more forging papers, no more stolen goods. We’ll have three tickets out of here. One for you, one for me and one for Anastasia! ♪It’s the rumor, the legend, the mystery!♪ ♪It’s the princess Anastasia who will help us fly!♪ ♪You and I, friend, will go down in history!♪ ♪We’ll find a girl to play the part, and teach her what to say♪ ♪Dress her up and take her to Paris.♪ ♪Imagine the reward her dear old grandmama will pay!♪ ♪Who else could pull it off but you and me?♪ ♪We’ll be rich!♪
[grins; singing]
Vladimir
♪We’ll be rich!♪
Dimitri
♪We’ll be out!♪
Vladimir
♪We’ll be out!♪
Vladimir and Dimitri
♪And St. Petersburg will have some more to talk about!♪
Vladimir
Yaah!
Dimitri
Whoo!
All
Shh! ♪Have you heard there’s a rumor in St. Petersburg?♪ ♪Have you heard what they’re saying on the street? ♪ ♪Have you heard there’s a rumor in St. Petersburg?♪ ♪Have you heard♪ ♪Comrades, what do you suppose?♪ ♪A fascinating mystery♪
[softly; People in the plaza babble indiscintly]
Dimitri
♪The biggest con in history!♪
Window Washer
Who knows? Shh!
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