If you thought Disney's HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME was weird, how about an animated kiddie musical based on the legend of Anastasia? That the 6-year-old Russian grand duchess actually survived the bloody 1918 massacre of her father, Tsar Nicholas, and the rest of the
Romanov family at the hands of Bolshevik revolutionaries has been one of this century's more enduring rumors. All things considered, it's probably for the best that veteran animator Don Bluth and company have little use for history, except to provide this opulently drawn fairy tale with its
factually blurry premise. It seems it wasn't any silly revolution that took down Tsarist Russia, but an evil curse c...
Released:
1997
Rated:
G
Length:
92 mins