“But we would never be together in Paris, for a dark shadow had...” – Dowager Empress Marie, Anastasia ... Movie Quotes Database

Dowager Empress Marie Voice: Angela Lansbury

[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.

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