Anastasia

I remember loving this movie as a child and decided to get the DVD for my own children to watch. They enjoyed it as much as I did! The music is catchy and sounds pleasant. The story kept their attention. I just love the classic look of animation from the 90s. The story is very loosely based on history and is a wonderful fantasy tale to go along.

Purchased this digital copy to watch with my daughter who remembered it from her childhood.A well done animation, and a good story.Streaming quality was great.

Favorite princess movie always a good watch

This is my childhood and if you don’t love this movie, you’re wrong. Meg Ryan as Anastasia and John Cusack as Dmitri… WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE?

It came quickly and it's in good shape. No scratches.

This movie was on Disney Plus when the app was first introduced, then it disappeared. The next time I saw it, it was for SALE! I felt discouraged, but I bought it...NOW it's on Hulu for free! I always loved the hopefulness of this movie. Knowing and unknowing at the same time that YOU ARE SOMEBODY can be motivating, encouraging, and confusing! I love the comedic timing of Rasputin (sp?) and the bat sidekick was (chef's kiss) hilarious! The songs are relatable, especially NOW that I'm an adult and I've lived a little bit of life! I get that the historical context has been arguably inaccurate, but for the purposes of good family entertainment, this movie is perfect! Truly A Time to REMEMBER...Who YOU are!

I remember this movie airing on TV a lot a few years after it came out, and having recently rewatched a lot of favorite disney movies, I decided to revisit something else from my childhood. I wasn't really expecting all that much out of it, but even as an adult, I think this is a pretty great movie. It takes its starting point from historical events, but turns into a very sweet fairy tale about family and finding yourself. Its obviously in the DIsney Princess tradition, and I enjoyed it as much as any of those films. The characters are a lot of fun, and its nice that we see Dimitri and Anya spending enough time together for a plausible romance to develop. While the villain, Rasputin, can be quite comical, there are also some genuinely scary scenes, such as when Anya almost jumps off the boat while in an enchanted dream about her forgotten family. The animation is quite beautiful, and I was specially moved by the sequence where Anya wanders through the old palace, seeing ghosts of her former life. The glitz and glamour of Paris are also well-depicted, and images such as a Chanel store and the Moulin Rouge remind us that this film is set in our own world, not too long ago. There's something about the way Anya uncovers her past, with the haunting song (Once Upon a December), the necklace and the music box, that gives the film a really beautiful magical quality. All in all, I would say that this film is a bit of a forgotten gem that I definitely recommend. Of course, there is the undeniable fact that this movie takes a troublesome time from history and gives it the fairy tale treatment, and it can definitely be perceived as trivializing the events of the Russian Revolution. In my own mind, I was able to disassociate the film from history fairly easily, and I treated it as a separate entity. If you're a person who doesn't like the idea of watching a movie that glosses over unhappy historical events and gives them the fantasy treatment, this movie probably isn't for you.

Don Bluth's films are very much hit or miss, but while this doesn't quite hit the same heights as Secret of NIHM or An American Tail it is still a very beautiful, enjoyable picture. One of the problems with the film is that the animation, while fluid, tends to be a bit on the stilted side. Often the characters feel like they're stuck on a small soundstage without a lot of room to move around, even when they have huge environments to move around in. This becomes especially noticeable in the final action scenes at the end.The film also doesn't have quite the "epic" feel that a tale like this really needs, in part because of the pacing and editing. A mere minute or two more added to the film to throw in a few more lines here and there explaining character motivations and giving some of the scenes time to breathe would have gone a long way. And other than "A Rumor in St. Petersburg" the visuals in the musical numbers tend to be a little more bland than they should be. "In the Dark of the Night" is especially infamous for this. The visuals aren't nearly as interesting, inventive, or captivating as the song itself (which is, in my opinion, by far the highlight of the soundtrack).The music itself tends to be fairly forgettable, but I fault this on the aforementioned animation rather than the songs themselves. I found "Journey to the Past" especially boring the first time I watched the film, to the point where I actually gave up watching the movie and didn't come back to finish until years later. But listening to the same song later by itself on the soundtrack I really enjoyed it! It's a pity so many of the songs came across as so forgettable because they're really pretty catchy and should have been far more memorable than they ended up being in the film.All in all, this movie could have been so much better, but it still managed to get stuck in my head. There's something to say for a movie that's able to stick with you despite its faults. It'll probably get many more viewings from me in the future.

My favourite childhood movie and so happy it's on bluray!!

Very bad quality of CD. don't ever purchase it. It's not working at all. Money waste product.

This was purchased for a different person. I can only say that it was as described and was in good condition

BEGINN:Meine Frage als Titel lässt schon vermuten, was ich von diesem Film halte. Es ist mein absoluter Lieblingszeichentrickfilm, und mit der deutschen Starbesetzung (Stimmen von: Joachim Kemmer als Rasputin und Patrick Winczewski als Dimitri) kann man eigentlich gar nichts falsch machen.ZUR STORY:Anastasia, die jüngste Zarentochter verliert während der vom rachsüchtigen Rasputin angezettelten Revolution das Gedächtnis, während ihre gesamte Familie (mit Ausnahme der Großmutter) ermordet wird. Die Flucht gelingt ihr nur durch einen Küchenjungen namens Dimitri (an den sie sich auch nicht mehr erinnern kann). Einen harten Kampf liefert sie sich auch mit Rasputin, der, bei dem Versuch sie umzubringen, in Eis einbricht. Zehn Jahre Später sucht dieser Dimitri zusammen mit seinem Freund Vladimir eine Anastasia-Doppelgängerin, da die nun in Paris lebende Zarenmutter 10.000 Rubel (Russische Wärung) an denjenigen zahlt, der ihr ihre Enkeltochter zurückbringt. Anastasia, die nun zehn Jahre lang im Waisenhaus gewohnt hat, möchte nun nach Paris, da sie ihre Erinnerungen wieder finden möchte. Als "Hinweis" hat sie eine Halskette von ihrer Großmutter, auf der "Zusammen in Paris" steht. Am Bahnhof wird sie abgewiesen, da sie nicht an eine Fahrkarte nach Paris kommen kann. Eine alte Frau gibt ihr den Tipp, sich an Dimitri zu wenden, da der ja zusammen mit Vladimir ein Mädchen sucht, das er als Anastasia ausgeben kann. Sie sucht ihn auf, und er nimmt sie mit nach Paris, unwissend, das er die ECHTE Anastasia und keine Doppelgängerin mitnimmt. Derweil verraten die Mächte des Bösen dem fiesen Rasputin, der nun in der "Vorhölle" lebt, das Anastasia nicht,wie er dachte, tot ist, und er versucht sie mit allen mitteln loszuwerden. Wird es Anastasia, Dimitri und Vlad gelingen, heil bei der Zarenmutter anzukommen?MEINE KRITIK:Ein, wie ich finde, rundum gelungener Zeichentrichfilm von Don Bluth und Gary Goldman, mit einer guten Story, viel Witz, wofür Rasputin und sein Gehilfe Bartok, eine Fledermaus, sorgen (zu letzterer gibt es übrigens auch einen Film, eine Direct-to-Video Produktion, die auf der Blu-Ray Disc enthalten ist, oder einzeln: http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00EQLUIBU/ref=dp_rt_cl_dp_0) Ebenfalls enthält der Film fantastische musikalischen Einlagen (mein persönliches Lieblingslied ist: Tief im Dunkel der Nacht).KRITIK ZUR KRITIK:Was mich stört sind die negativen Kritiken, nur weil die Story nicht der Wahrheit entspricht (was "Pocahontas" von Disney ebenfalls nicht tut)In echt war es nämlich so, dss Anastasia zusammen mit ihrer ganzen Familie ermordet wurde und Rasputin keinen teuflischen Pakt eingegangen und die russische Revolution angezettelt hat.Aber wenn man den Stoff so verfilmt hätte, wäre das sichrlich nicht sehr schön und/oder kindgerecht geworden. Jetzt bin ich schon bei meinem nächsten Kritikpunkt angelangt. Der betrifft nämlich die Meinung der Leute die meinen, der Film sei zu brutal für Kinder, weil Rasputin hin-und wieder mal eines seiner Gliedmßes abfällt. Aber wären dann nicht auch Filme wie "Der König der Löwen"(Mufasas und Scars Tod), oder "Pocahontas" (Cocoums Tod) und viele weitere zu brutal für Kinder? Ich vertrete die Einstellung das man Kinder mit dem Medienstoff nicht so verweichlichen lassen sollte.Fazit: Der fantastischste Zeichentrickfilm, den ich kenne! Schöne Musikeinlagen passend zu den detaillreichen Hintergründen und der unvergleichlichen Story vereint dieser Film lustige und spannende Elemente. Und für Schwärmerinnen gibt es (nach meiner Umfrage) den schönsten Zeichentrickmann, den es gibt, und den (wie ich finde) besten Bösewicht. Ich kann nur sagen: KAUFEN!!!

Dvd perfetto. Ottimi tempi.