Anastasia (1997 film)

"[First lines, narrating] 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 Imperial Russia. 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."

"[narrating] 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."

"[narrating] Consumed by his hatred for Nicholas and his family, Rasputin sold his soul for the power to destroy them."

"[narrating] From that moment on, the spark of unhappiness in our country was fanned into a flame that would soon destroy our lives forever."

"[narrating] 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."

"My heart can't take it anymore. I will see no more girls claiming to be Anastasia. [looking at the photo, of young Anastasia, on the desk and places it face down]"

"Dimitri, I've heard of you! You're that con man from St. Petersburg, who was holding auditions to find an Anastasia look-a-like!"

"Knowing that you are alive, seeing the woman you have become, brings me joy I never thought I could feel again."

"Men are such babies."

"[singing] Heart don't fail me now. Courage don't desert me. Don't turn back now that we're here. People always say life is full of choices, no one ever mentions fear. Or how the world can seem so vast on a journey to the past."

"This place. It's - It's like a memory from a dream."

"You bought me a...tent."

"Please, don't talk anymore, okay? It's only gonna upset me."

"[after waking up, flailing her arm and smacking Dimitri in the nose] Oh, sorry. I thought you were someone el-oh, it's you. Well, that's okay, then."

"What? Hey - why are you circling me? What were you, a vulture in another life?"

"I am grateful. Grateful to get away!"

"[after they escape from a runaway train, uncoupled from the overheated train engine, coal tender, ruined baggage car, and separated dining car, coach, and observation car] I hate trains! Remind me never to get on the train again."

"[struggles to uncouple the baggage car from the burning locomotive] Come on! I need a wrench - an ax! Anything! [breaks a hammer while cutting the train couplings between the train engine's tender and baggage car] Come on! There's gotta be something in there better than this! [Anya hands him a dynamite] ...That'll work! [sticks the dynamite on the coupling] Go, go, go! [they hide behind boxes] What do they teach you in those orphanages? [they duck their heads as the dynamite on the coupling between the engine's tender and baggage car explodes to separate the runaway locomotive]"

"[Anya just saved him from falling off the baggage car of the train chasing after the engine] If we live through this, remind me to thank you."

"[singing as Jonathan Dokuchitz] It's the rumor, the legend, the mystery. It's the Princess Anastasia who will help us fly. You and I, friend, will go down in history. We'll find a girl to play the part and teach her what to say. Dress her up and take her to Paris. Imagine the reward her dear old grandmamma will pay. Who else could pull it off but you and me?"

"Meg Ryan — Anya (speaking)"

"John Cusack — Dimitri (speaking)"

"Kelsey Grammer — Vlad (speaking and singing)"

"Christopher Lloyd — Rasputin (speaking)"

"Hank Azaria — Bartok"

"Bernadette Peters — Sophie"

"Angela Lansbury — Marie Fyodorovna Romanov (speaking and singing)"

"Frank Welker — Pooka the Dog"