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Your Highness...
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 lmperial Russia
Hello, darling.
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
For me? Is it a jewelry box?
Dimitri! You belong in the kitchen
Look
It plays our lullaby
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
"Together in Paris"
Really? Oh, Grandmamma
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.
How dare you return to the palace?
But I am your confidant
Confidant?
You are a traitor! Get out!
You think you can banish the great Rasputin?
By the unholy powers vested in me I banish you with a curse!
Mark my words
You and your family will die within the fortnight
I will not rest until I see the e nd of the Romanov line forever!
Consumed by his hatred for Nicholas and his family
Rasputin sold his soul for the power to destroy them
Go
Fulfill your dark purpose
And seal the fate of the Czar and his family
Once and for all
From that moment on, the spark of unhappiness in our country
Was fanned into a flame that would soon destroy our lives forever
- Help! - Hurry, children
- My music box - Anastasia!
Come back! Come back!
Anastasia...
- Please, hurry - Come this way. Out the servants' quarters
- Hurry, Anastasia - Rasputin, she's getting away
- My music box - Go! Go!
Comrades, in here!
Where are they, boy?
- Grandmamma... - Keep up with me, darling
- Rasputin! - Let me go. Please
You'll never escape me, child. Never!
Bartok!
Master!
Anastasia, hurry, hurry
- Grandmamma! - Here, take my hand
- Hold onto my hand. - Don't let go!
Anastasia
Anastasia!
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.