Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her, he comes to believe that she is really Anastasia. In the end, the Empress must decide her claim.
Ingrid Bergman
as Anna Koreff / Anastasia
Yul Brynner
as General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine
Helen Hayes
as Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
Akim Tamiroff
as Boris Adreivich Chernov
Martita Hunt
as Baroness Elena von Livenbaum
Felix Aylmer
as Chamberlain
Sacha Pitoëff
as Piotr Ivanovich Petrovin
Ivan Desny
as Prince Paul von Haraldberg
Natalie Schafer
as Irina Lissemskaia / Nini
Grégoire Gromoff
as Stepan
Karl Stepanek
as Mikhail Vlados
Ina De La Haye
as Marusia