Anastasia, the false daughter of the Tsar
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Anastasia, the false daughter of the Tsar |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1928 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Arthur Bergen |
| script | Curt J. Brown |
| production | National Film, Berlin |
| music | Hansheinrich Dransmann |
| camera | Karl Hasselmann |
| occupation | |
and Gerhard Dammann , Georg John , Paul Günther , Ernst Behmer , Harry Grunwald , Hugo Döblin , Anna von Palen , Erwin Kalser , Wilhelm Bendow | |
Anastasia, the fake Tsar's daughter is a German history silent film from 1928 by Arthur Bergen with Lee Parry in the title role.
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In this fictional plot, which is based on the premise that has been proven wrong since 2007 (see below) that the young woman is actually the youngest daughter of the Tsar, Anastasia, a young woman, half starved and in one, turns up in the early 1920s miserable condition, in Berlin and claims to be Anastasia, the daughter of the murdered Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. She is just one of several women who showed up somewhere after 1918 pretending to be Anastasia. Therefore, it is not given too much attention at first. The young woman initially found employment as an extra in a "Anastasia" film shot in Berlin, where a fake Anastasia is already being used. The "new Anastasia" also follows the path of all the other Anastasias and reports to the Russian Grand Duke Michael, who resides in Berlin, in the hope of receiving recognition as the only and true Anastasia through his place.
But the Grand Duke rejects them as well as all the other false Anastasias. The young woman finds consolation in Lieutenant Iwan Wolkoff, who once picked her up half dead in Russia and smuggled her across the border into Germany. From a political point of view, Wolkoff is Belarusian, that is, he is loyal to the Tsar through and through. Now, in the West, he has set up a Cossack troop with some of his loyal followers and appears with them in variety shows. Wolkoff succeeds in having his protégé admitted by the aunt of the real Anastasia and recognized by her as the real daughter of the Tsar. But it is very difficult for the young woman to find her way back into this courtly life of luxury and wealth, which increasingly turns out to be an illusory world. When they want to force her into a marriage, Anastasia escapes from the clutches of the Grand Duke's entourage and into the arms of Wolkoff, who has long since owned her heart. She would rather lead a poor but fulfilled life than one behind golden cage bars.
Production notes
Anastasia, the false daughter of the Tsar , was made in the National Film Atelier in Berlin-Tempelhof , was censored on November 24, 1928 and premiered at the beginning of the following month.
The film structures were made by Otto Moldenhauer , Ernst Körner took over the production management.
Silent film veteran Max Landa gave his farewell performance in this film.
Historical background
The historically guaranteed Anastasia , the youngest daughter of Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia , was murdered in Yekaterinburg on July 17, 1918 , like the tsar and the tsarina and their children . Until 2007 there was no absolute certainty whether a direct member of the tsarist family might not have survived the mass execution.
Shortly after the First World War , a young woman appeared in Berlin who claimed to be Anastasia and to have survived the shooting by the Bolsheviks . She went down in history as Anna Anderson and only turned out to be a cheat after her death.