It was produced by DuMont Releasing Company and A&E Enterprises (now A&E Networks) in association with NHK. It was the first and only television film to be released in the United States. It stars Natasha Richardson as Anna Anderson and Willem Dafoe as Igor Gouzenko.
In the United States, the film was originally a first run theatrical release for the United Artists Corporation. In the UK, a VHS release by Channel 4 was released in 1987. The film was first broadcast on the American television network A&E (also known as American Movie Classics) on June 4, 1986. On April 30, 2016, A&E re-aired the original film for a limited two-night only event titled “The Return of Anastasia” with performances from ballet stars, ballet music, and a panel of experts.
Synopsis
Cast
Natasha Richardson as Anna Anderson
Willem Dafoe as Igor Gouzenko
Dolph Sweet as James Stuart Clapp
Edward Fox as Eugene Bobrov
Hélène Cattet as Margarete Buwaldin
Joseph Maher as Nikolai Bukharin
Maureen Lipman as Lili Dehn
John Hurt as William Green
Marika Domas as Olga
Michel Serrault as Professor Walter Rothschild
Robert Ryan as Earl Browder
Awards and nominations
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