Dowager Empress Marie quotes

View Quote [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.

View Quote [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.

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

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

View Quote [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.

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

View Quote 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.

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