Anastasia Flashcards
(140 cards)
1
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Truck Backfiring
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No!
2
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It was a truck backfiring comrade, that’s all it was.
Those days are over: neighbor against neighbor. There’s nothing to be afraid of anymore. You’re shaking. There’s a tea shop just steps from here. Let me -
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Thank you.
3
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At least they’ll feed us in jail.
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Im looking for someone called Dimitry.
4
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I’m Dmitry. What do you want?
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I need exit papers and I was told you were the only person who could help me.
5
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Exit papers are expensive.
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I’ve saved a little money.
6
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The right papers cost a lot.
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I’m a hard worker. You’ll get your money.
7
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What do you do?
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I’m a streetsweeper.
8
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A streetsweeper!
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In Odessa I washed dishes. Before that, I worked at the hospital in Perm
9
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They’re a long way from here.
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I know I walked it
10
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You walked here all the way from Perm.
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I had no choice
11
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Who are you running from?
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I’m running to someone. I don’t know who they are but they are waiting for me in Paris.
12
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You don’t need papers. There’s a canal out there.
Jump in and start swimming. You’ll be in Paris before you know it. (To VLAD.) She’s crazy.
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I’m not crazy!
(Wait a bit)
Why are you so unkind?
13
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We were hoping you would be someone else
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Who?
14
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Someone who might not even exist.
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I’ve been in this room before. There was a play. Everyone was beautifully dressed.
15
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This was the private theater in Count Yusupov’s palace.
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People were polite and kind.
16
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When did you eat last?
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Afterwards, we danced. There was champagne. I stole a sip.
17
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This isn’t a soup kitchen Vlad.
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You seem to be a gentlemen even if your friend is not.
18
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Gentleman! I haven’t heard that word in a long time.
Life hasn’t been easy for my young friend.
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Life has not been easy for anyone
19
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I’m Vlad. What’s your name dear?
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I don’t know
20
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You don’t know?
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They gave me a name at the Hospital, Anya. They told me I had amnesia. There was nothing they could do about it
21
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Are you ready to become the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanov?
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I’m ready to find out who I am but I’m not going to lie to do it.
22
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It won’t be a lie. We are going to help you remember the truth.
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I wish I had you confidence.
23
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If the Dowager Empress recognizes you as her granddaughter, Vlad and I will get a small reward for our efforts and we’ll all live happily ever after.
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And if she calls me an imposter?
24
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It will just be an honest mistake. Either way, it gets you to Paris and us out of Russia. Everybody wins.
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How do you become the person you’ve forgotten you ever were?
25
Who is your great grandmother?
Queen Victoria
26
Great great grandmother?
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
27
Your best friend is ..
My little brother Alexei
28
Wrong! Your best friend is-
I know who my best friend is!
29
What a temper!
I don’t like being contradicted.
30
Très bien, mademoiselle, très bien.
Merci, monsieur, merci.
31
Vous parlez français?
Un peu.
32
It's a remarkable city, our Leningrad. All those people down there, coming and going, creating a future for themselves. I stand at this window for hours admiring them and wondering why a few bad apples are getting up to mischief instead. I can see all the way to the old Yusupov palace. Funny business going on there.
Counter-revolutionary behavior some would say.
Why was I brought here?
33
I thought you could tell me, comrade.
(He turns to her.)
You, the frightened little streetsweeper! Id almost stopped looking for you on the Nevsky Prospekt. Anya? Am I right?
Yes.
34
I am Deputy Commissioner Gleb Vaganov. It's the uniform and the office that make the bad impression.
I'm really not so bad. See? I have a sense of humor.
You're shivering again. A friendly cup of tea will warm us both up.
What is the charge?
35
There is no charge. Why should there be? You have a job, food on the table, your own place in the new order of things.
I’m very thankful
36
Which is why I'm warning you to leave your world of make-believe before it's too late.
I don’t understand
37
If you really were who you're pretending to be, they would kill you without hesitation.
Everyone imagines being someone else. I am no different. It’s an innocent enough fantasy.
38
No, Anya, a dangerous one. The Romanovs are gone, every last one of them. They no longer exist. My father was one of their guards.
I don’t want to hear this.
39
Sings Neva Flows - Gleb
Thank you for your warning Comrade.
40
*fights the drunks*
Next time I won’t go so easy.
41
Where did you learn that you’re good.
You want to see what else I can do? Come at me I won’t hurt you .
42
I believe you!
I didn’t walk half way across Russia without learning how to take care of myself. You’ve had it easy.
43
Not so easy. My father was an anarchist. He died in a labor camp for his convictions. My mother was already gone. I don't really remember her.
Who raised you then?
44
My father used to bring me here. He'd put me on his shoulders so I could have a better view. "Bet you can see all the way to Finland from up there, Dima!"
Dima.
45
That’s what he called me there isn’t a day that I don’t miss him.
So neither of us has a familty.
46
Now tell me about her little dog.
His name was Toby.
47
Go on.
I loved him very much.
48
Don’t stop.
I’m not a strong as you think I am!
49
Close your eyes.
Why?
50
Open you’ve worked so hard you’ve earned it.
What is it?
51
A music box!
It’s beautiful.
52
* I sing once upon a December for the first time*
How soon do you think we can go? They’re canceling trains left and right. Here I worked an hour xtra shift this week. It’s not much but every bit helps.
53
We’re not even close Anya.
What are you saying?
54
I thought I could get us out before they closed the borders for good.
You were the only hope I had.
55
There must be someone who can help you I’m sorry.
I don’t want your money.
56
It’s your money.
It’s our money! I trusted you.
57
I said I was sorry.
But I didn’t trust you enough. Now you close your eyes.
58
What for?
You’re the stubbornest person I’ve ever met. Almost as stubborn as me. Put your hand out. All right open.
59
It’s a diamond
A nurse at the hospital found it sewn in my underclothes
60
You’ve had it all this time without telling me?
Yes
61
Why?
It’s the only thing I have. Without it, I have nothing.
62
How do you know I won’t take it now and you’ll never see me again?
I don’t think you will
63
She had it all along
I didn’t trust either of you with it.
64
Done. (he rushes off)
Hurry, there’s a train at midnight from the Finland Station!
65
I’ll fence the diamond. Where are you going?
They owe me a weeks wages. Every ruble counts.
66
You don’t have to seem so damn happy about it.
(A smoker strikes a match)
How dare you smoke without my permission?
67
Who the hell do you think you are?
I am the Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov.
68
Warn us next time before you do that!
I wanted to see what it felt like saying I was her.
69
Quite the opposite. Lily was beautiful, voluptuous, married - everything I look for in a woman. She gave me a watch studded with diamonds.
Did you love her?
70
We’ll be safe soon.
That’s what the soldiers said but they see pointing the guns at us.
71
No ones point guns at you. You’re taking this too far, Anya.
Not if I am really her!
72
Shh, shh we’re almost out of Russia. Once we cross the border, we’re safe.
You put these ideas in my head and I’m beginning to think they might be true.
73
What are we going to do?
We’re getting off.
74
The trains moving again.
Unless you want to end up like count impolitov. … jump!
75
France looks nothing like Russia, It looks like France. Open your hearts and minds to all this, Leam something. I'm getting emotional. The last time I was in Paris I was a young man. My waist was like this.
Why have we stopped? I’m going to ask the driver what’s wrong.
76
As usual, you don’t know what you talking about. (Anya returns)
This is as far as he goes but we’re almost there. From the top of that hill he say you can just see Paris.
77
We made it!
Even when I was mad at you I never doubted we would. Thank you Dmitry.
78
Don't use up all the hot water!
(To ANYA.) I've never seen him so happy. I'm going to try to find Lily. I'll start at the Neva Club.
(He goes. ANYA is alone on the bridge with her thoughts.)
Considered the most beautiful bridge in Paris, the Alexander Bridge is named for Tsar Alexandre III.
79
Ah…ah…ah…ah…
Who are you? Every night you come.
80
Can I tell you a secret? I’m gonna die soon. We all are. Do you have a secret?
I don’t know who I am.
81
Thats silly every knows who they are. ANYA! ANYA! ANYA!
Papá!
82
(I just screamed papa!)
Anya!
These voices keep coming back!
83
Thats all they are. Voices. You’re having a nightmare.
Stay with me Dmitry I’m frightened.
84
Is that better?
Who do you think I am Dmitry?
85
If I were the Dowager Empress, I would want you to be Anastasia.
You would?
86
I would want her to be a beautiful strong independent woman
.
Is that what you think I am?
87
I do.
Thank you.
88
You’re welcome.
I’d begun to wonder if you were ever going to pay me a compliment. Do you really think I might be her?
89
I want to believe you’re the little girl I saw once many years ago.
I don’t understand.
90
*Sang the first part of in a crowd of thousands*
You’re making me feel I was there too.
91
Your Highness.
No, you mustn’t.
92
We’ll celebrate after on your grandfather’s bridge.
Im ready.
93
What happened?
She wouldn’t even look at me. “Tell this imposter Lily, I know her kind too well. She wants money and will break an old women’s heart to get it”
94
I’ll tell her the truth.
That I was a pawn in a scheme of yours? That you made me think I might be someone I never was or ever could be? I was cold and desperate before I met you Dmitry, but I wasn’t dishonest. I hate you for that.
95
*Packing and throwing things*
It was my life you played with. Telling me I was someone else and letting me believe was. What is this?
96
I bought it for you when we were at that -
I don’t want it.
97
Where are you going?
Anywhere that’s far from you.
98
Anya! (Said by Vlad)
No wonder you were dismissed from court. Men like you deserve ever bad hand life deals you. You both do.
99
(Talking to Dmitry but he is gone instead there is the dowager empress)
I admired the way you were proud of who you were despite your circumstances. You taught me to be the same - and the whole time you were tricking me. Russian history! Save it for your next Anastasia! Your imperial highness.
100
I think history demands be play this game to the end.
Please, be seated.
101
There’s no need. I shall be brief. Who are you?
I believe I am the youngest daughter of -
102
Spare me my family history! It’s in every bookstore along the seine. Anyone can read it.
I didn’t think you would be so cruel.
103
Im old and impatient kindness has become a luxury.
My nana was the most loving person imaginable.
104
That was before they murdered everyone she loved.
He bosom smelled like oranges when she hugged me.
105
It’s a common enough scent.
Not hers. It came from Sicily, made especially for her, in a box of polished olivewood.
106
Who was my favorite lady in waiting?
You didn’t have one. You kept dismissing them.
107
It was a trick question you’re clever I’ll grant you that. I’m trying to see the resemblance. I don’t trust my eyes.
You should wear spectacles. I’m sorry.
108
Name the three-
Why don’t you want me to be her?
109
I have found solace in my bitterness. It doesn’t disappoint me. You Anastasia’s always do.
If you just gave me a chance maybe I won’t.
110
What was your mothers full title as the empress of all of Russia.
Aren’t we beyond this?
111
Her imperial majesty, the empress of all the Russia’s, Alexandra Fuodorovna Roma-
She was Mama to me. She was mama to all of us.
112
You all cry at some point. Do you rehearse? Tears will get you nowhere.
Why did you come here?
113
Your young man told me you were part of his scheme.
He’s right, I wasn’t.
114
He believes that you very well may be my granddaughter. He says you’ve come to believe it yourself.
I believe it with all my heart but I can’t be her unless you recognize me.
115
You can’t be anyone unless you first recognize yourself.
I know
116
I’ll ask you one last time, young women be very careful what you answer: who are you?
I don’t know anymore. Who are you?
117
An old women who remembers everything the way it should have been and nothing the way it was.
Do you remember the last time you saw Anastasia?
118
I didn’t know it was the last time. We never do. We never know which goodbye is the last.
You were leaving for Paris. You never came back. You gave her a music box. I believe it was this.
119
* sings once upon a December with dowager empress*
I said I’d come visits you in Paris. We’d go to the ballet together and walk on grandpapa’s bridge.
120
You never knew him. I loved him very much.
We’ll walk the bridge together for all of them, nana.
121
What took you so long?
It doesn’t matter, I’m here with you.
122
Too late you’ve come too late
It’s never too late to come home nana.
123
Anastasia. (DE)
Orange blossoms.
124
Surely your majesty you don’t think this this imposter is the grand duchess Anastasia .
Count Leopold with your dyed hair powders face and vodka breath o wonder my parents laughed at you behind your breath.
125
Get used to people agreeing with everything you say.
That’s not right.
126
Now where’s your young man?
He’s not my young man.
127
If it’s not plain to you that he loved you-!
He’s not my young man Nana!
128
When he refused my reward for finding you I thought Anastasia had found herself another kind of prince - one of character not birth.
Dmitry refused the reward?
129
But not this time Paris is no place for a good and loyal Russian.
We are both good and loyal Russians.
130
I’ve come to take you home.
My home is here now.
131
Stop playing this game Anya I beg you.
We both know it’s not a game Gleb.
132
If you are Anastasia do you think history wants you to have lived?
Yes! Why don’t you?
133
The Romanov es we’re give. Everything and they am gave back nothing - until the Russian people rose up and destroyed them.
All but one. Finish it, I am my fathers daughter.
134
My father shook his hand and told me not to ask my mother said he died of shame.
In me you see them. Look at their faces in mine. Hear their screams imagine their terror.
135
And in my fathers name.
Do it. Do it and I will be with my parents and my brother and sisters all over again.
136
Gleb: for the last time. Who are you?
I am the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanov.
137
I can’t!
I mean you no harm Gleb.
138
I believe you are Anastasia.
What will you tell them?
139
If you ever see me from a carriage again, don't wave, don't smile. I don't want to be in love with someone I can't have for the rest of my life.
Goodbye, Your Majesty.
I always dreamed my first kiss would be in Paris with a handsome Prince.
140
Im not your prince, Anya.
The Grand Duchess Anastasia would beg to differ … dima.
