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Footman: Your highness… Coachman: Hyah! Marie: [narrating] There was a time, not very long ago, when we lived in an enchanted world of elegant palaces and grand parties. Marie: [narrating] The year was 1916… Marie: [narrating] …and my son Nicholas, was the Czar of Imperial Russia. [Move into palace] Marie: Hello, darling. [narrating] We were celebrating the three hundredth anniversary of our family’s rule. Nicholas: [laughter] Young Anastasia: Oh, Papa! Marie: [narrating] …and that night, no star burned brighter than that of our sweet Anastasia, my youngest granddaughter. Marie: [narrating] She begged me not to return to Paris - so I had a very special gift made for her… Young Anastasia: [gasps] Marie: [narrating] … to make the separation easier for both of us. Young Anastasia: For me?! Is it a jewelry box?! Servant: Dimitri, you belong in the kitchen. Young Dimitri: Let go! Marie: Look. Young Anastasia: [gasps] It plays our lullaby! Marie: You can play it at night before you go to sle

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Marie: [narrating] 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. Nicholas: How dare you return to the palace?! Rasputin: But I am your confidant. Nicholas: Confidant? Ha! You are a traitor. Get out!! Rasputin: [to Nicholas] You think you can banish the Great Rasputin? By the unholy powers vested in me, I banish you with a curse! Rasputin: [to Nicholas] 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!!!! Rasputin (flashback): [Rasputin, kneeling in a sorcerer’s circle, cowers as a huge, shadowy figure appears above him.] Marie: [narrating] Consumed by his hatred for Nicholas and his family, Rasputin sold his soul for the power to destroy them. Rasputin: [to Reliquary] Go. Fulfill your dark purpose, and seal the fate of the Czar and his family once and

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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.] Bla

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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: [miming those exact words, then interrupts] Kept a roof over my head. 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: [holding necklace] I do have a clue to-- Phlegmenkof: [interrupts] Ugh! I know! [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. Anya: [gasp] Phlegmenkof: …in l

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Anya: [mimicks Phelemenkof’s speech.] "Be grateful, Anya". [in normal voice] I am grateful! Grateful to get away [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.] 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… [she touches her necklace] Who ever gave me this necklace must have loved me… This is crazy! Me go to Paris … ? [She tilts her head skyward and closes her eyes in prayer.] Send me a sign! A hint! Anything! Anya: Hey, hey, hey, hey! Anya: I don’t have time to play right now, OK. I’m waiting for a sign. Anya: [exasperated] Would you give me that, could you, would you please leave me alone. Stop, give me that back, gi … gi … Oh!!! Anya: Oh, … Oh, great. A dog wants me to go to St. Petersburg. [Glancing Skyward] Okay… Anya: I can take a hint. Anya: ♪Heart, don't fail me now♪ ♪Courage, don't desert me♪ ♪Don't turn back♪ ♪Now th

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Anya: One ticket to Paris, please. Ticket Agent: [gruffly] Exit visa? Anya: Exit visa? Ticket Agent: No exit visa, no ticket. Anya: Oh, hmm. Sweeper Woman: [whispering] Psst. See Dimitri. He can help. 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… Vladimir: [moans] Dimitri: [to himself] Oh, brother. 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: Ex

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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: [singing] ♪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♪ 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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Dimitri: Hey! Anya: [gasps] Dimitri: [yelling] What are you doing in here? 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: [Leading] Perhaps, that depends on who’s looking, for him. Anya: My name is Anya … I need travel papers… [whispered] They say you’re the man to see even though I can’t tell you who said that. 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: [laughter] Who is this here. Oh, Oh, look. Oh, oh, he likes me.

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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: [to Minion] … Am I right, my friend? I mean, how could that be Ana … [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: [spooked] Okay! Okay! I get-the message! Enough already with glowing and the smoke people! Bartok: [amazed] If that things come back to life it must mean Anastasia’s alive. 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!!! Bar

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Vladimir: [laughter] Dimitri: [Growls back at dog] What, oh, the mutt gets the window seat. 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: [innocently] Dimitri… 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: [struggling] Please …D… 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

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Dimitri: What was that? Vladimir: I don’t know. But there goes the dining car. Anya: Get off of me! Dimitri: I, I’m trying! Anya: Ouch! [Trying to move a suitcase, she accidentally kicks him.] Vladimir: Uh, Dimitri? Dimitri: [hopping, holding his shin] What? Vladimir: I think someone has flambéd our engine. Dimitri: [to Vladimir and Anya] Something’s not right. Wait here, I’ll check it out. Dimitri: [Grunts] … Ah. Dimitri: Anybody here? … Hmm, aah! Anya: We’re going way too fast! Dimitri: Nobody’s driving this train! We're gonna have to jump! Anya: Did you say jump?! After you! Dimitri: Fine, then we’ll uncouple the car! Dimitri: Come on, I need a wrench, an ax, anything! Vladimir: Here! Dimitri: Come on, there’s gotta be something in there better than this! Dimitri: [impressed] That’ll work. Dimitri: Go, go, go! Dimitri: [awed] What do they teach you in those orphanages? Vladimir: The brakes are out! Dimitri: Turn harder! Dimitri: Don’t worry. We’ve got plenty of track, we’ll just coa

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Dimitri: I hate trains! Remind me never to get on a train again. Rasputin: Screams. [In agony] NOOOOOOOO!! Bartok: Wow, hey take it easy there. You know, sir, really you should watch your blood pressure. My nephew Izzie just keeled over one day, mid-mango. Stress. it’s a killer, sir. And he’s a fruit bat, no meat, no blood even. Rasputin: HOW COULD THEY LET HER ESCAPE? Bartok: Ha wow … Ah, you’re right. It’s very upsetting sir. [Picks up Reliquary] Eh, I guess this Reliquary thing’s broken. Rasputin: You idiot! Bartok: [backing away] Alright now, sir, take it easy there. Just remember what I said to you about stress – Rasputin: I sold my soul for this. My life, my very existence depends on it, and you almost destroyed it! Bartok: I get it! I get it! ‘you break it, you bought it. Rasputin: See that you remember, you miserable rodent! Bartok: [to himself., sulking] Oh, sure, blame the bat. What the heck we’re easy targets always hanging … ar… Rasputin: What are you muttering about? Barto

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Anya: Are we going to walk to Paris? Dimitri: We’ll take a boat in Germany. Anya: Oh. Then we’re walking to Germany? Dimitri: No, your grace. We’re taking a bus. Anya: A bus! That’s nice. Vladimir: [calling out] Sophie, my dear, Vlady’s on his way! Anya: Who’s Sophie? Vladimir: [lost in warm memories] Who is Sophie? … She’s a tender little morsel. Dimitri: Vlad. Vladimir: The cup of hot chocolate after a long walk in the snow. Dimitri: Vlad, ix-nay on the "Ophie-say." Vladimir: She’s a decadent pastry filled with whipped cream and laughter … Anya: Is this a person or a cream puff? Vladimir: She is the Empress’ ravishing first cousin. [Humming] Anya: But I thought we were going to see the Empress herself. Why are we going to see her cousin? Dimitri!! Dimitri: Well, nobody gets near the Dowager Empress without convincing Sophie first. Anya: Oh no, not me, no. Nobody ever told me I had to -prove I was the Grand Duchess. Dimitri: Look, I . . . Anya: Show up. Yes. Look nice. Fine. But lie?

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Dimitri: Here. I bought you a dress. Anya: [holding it up, laughing] You bought me a tent. Dimitri: What’re you looking for? Anya: [examining blue dress] The Russian Circus - I think it’s still in here. Dimitri: Come on, just put it on. He walks away in a huff up the stairs. Agh. Anya: [excited] Hmm. Vladimir: Check mate. Anya: [to get their attention] [Clear throat] Vladimir: Wonderkul! Marvelous! And now you are you’re dressed for a ball, you will learn to dance for one as well. Dimitri. Dimitri: But I’m not very good at it… Vladimir: And… one- two- three. One- two- three… No, no, Anya. You don’t lead. Let him. Dimitri: That dress is really beautiful. Anya: Do you think so? Dimitri: Yes. I mean it was nice on the hanger but it looks even better on you. Yo… you should wear it. Anya: I am wearing it. Dimitri: Oh, right of course, of course, you are. I’m just trying to give you’a… Anya: Compliment? Dimitri: Of course, yes. Vladimir: ♪It's 1, 2, 3 and suddenly♪ ♪I see it at a glance♪ ♪Sh

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Anya: [whispering to Vladimir] Oh … are you all right? Vladimir: Fine, fine. Just riddled with envy., Look at him. [Indicating Dimitri] He can sleep through anything. Anya: [gasp] Vladimir: Pretty jewelry box, isn’t it? Anya: Jewelry box? Are you sure that’s what it is? Vladimir: What else could it be? Anya: Oh well, something else … Something special … something to do with a secret. [Laughs] Is that possible? Vladimir: Anything’s possible. You taught Dimitri how to waltz, didn’t you? Vladimir: Sleep well, your majesty. Anya: Sweet dreams, Pooka. Bartok: There she is, master, sound asleep in her little bed. Rasputin: And pleasant dreams to you, Princess. I’ll get inside your mind, where you can’t escape me. [As he says this, smoky images begin to collect around the Reliquary, images of faces, trees, a lake all blur together.] Alexi: Come on!! Sisters: [Laugher] Dimitri: [still half asleep] What, what, what, what, what, Pooka? Pooka, what? [Dimitri looks up at Anya’s empty berth and see

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Rasputin: [Screaming] No, not again! Bartok: Easy, Master, wow… This is no time to lose your head. Rasputin: You’re right. [A Soothing Mantra] I am calm. I am heartless. I have no feelings whatsoever. Bartok: Sir. Rasputin: I feel a sudden onset of clarity, Bartok. I’ll have to kill her myself. In person. Bartok: [amazed] What, you mean -- physically? Rasputin: You know what they say. If you want something done right… Bartok: But that means … going topside?! Rasputin: Exactly. I have so many fond memories of Paris. And killing the last of the Romanovs with my own hands, will be so dee… licous! Well, time to go. Bartok: But you’re dead! You’re falling apart! Sir, how do you expect to get to Paris in one piece? Rasputin: I thought we’d take the train. [Laugher] Bartok: Wow!!

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Young Woman: Mmm … Ah, yes, I remember so well. Uncle Yashin was from Moscow. Uncle Boris was from… Young Woman: … Odessa. And every spring… Marie: [finishing the sentence] … We would take picnics by the shore on Sunday. [leans into the light] Haven’t you anything better to do. Sophie: Oh, oh, dear now, you have to leave now, yes? Good-bye. Marie: [quietly] No more. No more… Sophie: Oh, oh… I must say I’m so sorry. I thought that one surely was real. Well, she was real I mean, she was human of course but not our real. Sophie: … But we won’t be fooled next time! No, I’m going to think of really hard questions. Marie: No. My heart can’t take it anymore! I will see no more girls claiming to be Anastasia. Dimitri: Where is Uncle Boris from? Anya: What if Sophie doesn't recognise me? Dimitri: She will. You're Anastasia. Anya: It's just that. Dimitri: What? Anya: Well, three days ago I didn’t have any past at all and now I’m trying to remember an entire lifetime. Dimitri: That’s why you’ve g

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Accordion Player: ♪Lovers!♪ Lady Flower Seller: ♪Ooh La La!♪ Sophie: [To Anya, Dimitri and Vladimir] ♪Welcome, my friends to Paris♪ Sophie: ♪Here, have a flower on me.♪ ♪Forget where you’re from.♪ ♪You’re in France!♪ ♪Children come!♪ ♪I’ll show you that French Joer De’vivre!♪ Sophie: ♪Paris holds the key to your heart!♪ ♪And all of Paris plays a part!♪ Accordion Player and Flower Seller: ♪Just stroll two by two down what we call "La Rue"♪ Sophie and All: ♪And soon all Paris♪ ♪Will be singing to you!♪ ♪Ooh La La!♪ ♪Ooh La La!♪ ♪Ooh La Laaaa!♪ Maurice Chevalier: ♪Paris holds the key to l’amour!♪ Anya: Oh! Freud: ♪And not even Freud knows the cure!♪ Lindbergh: [In the Sky] ♪There’s love in the air!♪ Josephine Baker and Dancing Girls: ♪At the Follies Bergère!♪ Picasso: ♪The French have it down to an art!♪ All: ♪Paris holds the key to your heart! ♪ Sophie: ♪When you’re feeling blue come to Le Moulin.♪ ♪When your heart says "Don’t"♪ ♪We French say "Do"!♪ Can Can Girls: ♪When you think you ca

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Dimitri: We don’t have anything to be nervous about. She’s the princess… Vladimir: [misunderstanding] I know, I know but…. Dimitri: [pointedly] No, no, no, you don’t know. I was the boy - in the palace. The one who opened the wall. She’s the real thing, Vlad. Vladimir: That means our Anya has found her family! We have found the heir to the Russian throne! And you… Dimitri: [finishing] … will walk out of her life forever. Vladimir: But… Dimitri: Princess’ don’t marry kitchen boys. Vladimir: I know but… Dimitri. Dimitri: We’re going to go through with this as if nothing has changed. Vladimir: You’ve got to tell her? Anya: Tell me what? Dimitri: How beautiful you look. Anya: Well, thank you. Sophie: [to get Vlad’s attention] [Clear throat] Vladimir: Ah, Sophie. Dimitri: Look. There she is. Anya: [like a prayer] Please let her remember me… Dimitri: Everything’s gonna be fine. Dimitri: [bittersweet] Come on. I guess it’s time. Relax, you’re gonna be great. Dimitri: Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey t

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Dimitri: Please inform her majesty, The Dowanger Empress, that I have found her granddaughter… Dimitri: … the Grand Duchess Anastasia. She’s waiting to see her just outside the door. Sophie: I’m very sorry young man but the Dowanger Empress, she will see no one. Marie: You may tell that impertinent young man that I have seen enough Grand Duchess Anastasias to last me a lifetime. Sophie: Um, you better go. Dimitri: Please, let me just… Marie: Now if you’ll excuse me I wish to live the remainder of my lonely life in peace. Sophie: Come, I’ll see you to the door. Come, come now, come to the door. Dimitri: Your majesty, I intend you no harm. My name is Dimitri… I used to work at the palace. Marie: Well, that’s one I haven’t heard, I must say. Dimitri: Wait, don’t go please if you’ll just hear me out. Marie: I know what you’re after. I’ve seen it before! Men who train young women in the royal ways. Dimitri: But if your highness will… just listen. Marie: [interrupts] Haven’t you been listeni

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Chauffer: Your majesty! Chauffer: Stop right now! Come back here! Marie: Ilya! Slow down! Dimitri: I’m not Ilya. And I won’t slow down! Not until you listen! Marie: [recognizing Dimitri] You! How dare you?! Stop this car immediately! Stop this car! Dimitri: You have to talk to her! Just look at her. Please. Marie: I won’t be badgered by you a moment longer. Dimitri: Do you reconize this? Marie: Oh, where did you get this? Dimitri: [softer] I know you’ve been hurt. But it’s just possible that she’s been as lost and alone as you. Marie: You’ll stop at nothing will you? Dimitri: I’m probably about as stubborn as you are. Anya: [angrily packing] Go away, Dimitri. Anya: Oh, I’m sorry. I… I thought you were… Marie: I know very well who you thought I was. Who exactly are you? Anya: Eh… I … I was hoping you could tell me. Marie: [sighs] My dear, I’m old and I’m tired of being conned and tricked. Anya: I don’t want to trick you. Marie: And I suppose the money doesn’t interest you either? Anya:

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Rasputin: Bartok! Get me a comb… find some cologne! I want to look my best. Bartok: That might take some work, sir. Rasputin: Then snap to it! We’re going to a party. Bartok: A party in Paris? Rasputin: That’s right. Bartok: Ooh, I could teach you all the latest dance steps. It starts with, like a wooh, then you get really crazy with the hips, sir. It’s fun. Rasputin: [ignoring him] We’ll let the Grand Duchess Anastasia have her moment. Bartok: [carefree] But who cares? Rasputin: And then we’ll kill her! Bartok: Right, and then, kill her? [Confused] Sir, what happened to the party idea? Rasputin: That’s where we’re going to kill her. Crush her at the height of her glory. Bartok: [miserably] And we’re back to the crushing. [On his knees] Sir, I’m begging you please…. pleeeaze: Forget the girl, and get a life. Rasputin: Oh, I’ll get a life, Bartok. HERS! [laughing]

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Anya: I remember now, how much I loved them. Marie: They would not want us to live in the past, not now that we have found each other. Oh look here -- [taking a water color from the box] The drawings you gave me -- Remember? Anya: [taking the picture] Yes! Olga made me so mad -- she said it looked like a pig riding a donkey! She was right! Marie: In your laughter, once again I hear my Nicky, your dear father… Marie: But you have the beauty of your mother, Alexandra, Empress of all Russia. Dimitri: You sent for me, your grace? Marie: Ten million rubles… As promised, with my gratitude. Dimitri: I accept your gratitude. Your Highness. But I don’t want the money. Marie: [a bit suspicious] What do you want, then? Dimitri: Unfortunately nothing you can give. [Bows] Marie: Young man. [He stops] Where did you get that music box? Marie: You were the boy, weren’t you? The servant boy who got us out. You saved her life, and mine. Then you restored her to me, yet you want no reward? Dimitri: Not a

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Marie: He’s not there. Anya: Oh, I know he’s not, he -- Anya: Who’s not there, Grandmama?… Marie: A remarkable young man who found a music box… Anya: No, he’s probably too busy spending his reward money as fast as he can. Marie: Look at them dance! You were born to this world of glittering jewels and fine titles, but I wonder if this is what you really want. Anya: Of course, of course it is. I found what I was looking for. I found out who I am. I found you. Marie: Yes, you did find me, and you’ll always have me. But is it enough? Marie: My darling --- Marie: … he didn’t take the money. Anya: He didn’t? Marie: Knowing that you are alive, seeing the woman you have become, brings me joy I never thought I could feel again. Marie: Whatever you choose, we will always have each other. Anya: [turning again] Grandmama, can’t you tell me -- Anya: Pooka? Anya: [worried] Pooka? Pooka?…. Ticket Woman: You’re next. Anya: Pooka? … Here, boy! Anya: There you are. Rasputin: An-a-sta-sia… Anastasia.

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Rasputin: Anastasia. Rasputin: Your Imperial Highness. Look what ten years has done to us: you a beautiful young flower and me a rotting corpse. Anya: That face! Rasputin: Last seen at a party like this one. Anya: A curse…. Rasputin: Followed by a tragic night on the ice. REMEMBER?! Anya: Rasputin! Rasputin: [imitating, mocking] "Rasputin!" Destroyed by your despicable family! But what goes around comes around! Rasputin: And around! And around! And around! And around! Anya: Stop, no, get away. No, no… Bartok: You’re on your own, sir. This can only end in tears. Anya: I’m not afraid of you. Rasputin: I can fix that! Care for a little swim under the ice? Dimitri: WANNA BET?!? Anya: Dimitri! If we live through this remind me to thank you. Dimitri: You can thank me later. Rasputin: How enchanting, "together again", for the last TIME! Rasputin: You’ll get a kick out of this! Anya: Noo… Dimitri: Wow! Anya: Dimitri! Rasputin: Taha! Dimitri: Anya, Watch Out! Rasputin: Dasvidanya, your highness

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Anya: Ooh… Oh, no. Pooka: [whines] Anya: [upon hearing Dimitri] [Gasps] Dimitri: Ouch! Anya: Dimitri! Oh! Dimitri: Ow, ow, ow, ow. Oh, no, let go. Let go, easy. Anya: Sorry! Dimitri: Yeah, I know. I know. All men are babies. Anya: I thought you were going to St. Peter…… Dimitri: I was… Anya: You didn’t take the… Dimitri: I couldn’t. Anya: Why? Dimitri: Because… I… Dimitri: Oh. They’re waiting for you. Anya: [voiceover] Dear Grandmama, wish me luck. We’ll be together in Paris again soon. A bientot. Sophie: They’ve eloped. Isn’t it romantic. It’s a perfect ending. Marie: No. It’s a perfect beginning. Anya: [Laughter] Bartok: Ah, hello. [Kiss] Wow! I tell you what, WOW! [giggles] So long, everybody! Ah ah!!!!