Rasputin (Christopher Lloyd), the mystic ... Despite the hard work and big screen battle, "Anastasia," ultimately became a Disney movie when the company acquired 21st Century Fox in 2019.

Rasputin, and Tsar Nicholas II were real people, fewer realize that Don Bluth’s Anastasia was only half based on them. Despite the film playing out like a classic Disney fairy tale, its roots ...

By Tara Bitran No, Anastasia is not a Disney princess. Anastasia went on to earn $139 million, receive two Oscar nominations and even inspire a stage adaptation of the musical film that premiered ...

(Disney’s recent re-release of “The ... Russia falls to peasant hordes and cute kitchen boy Dimitri helps adorable Anastasia escape Rasputin, who falls through the ice and drowns.

I would be in one room with Susan, and I’d be writing Bartok [the bat] and Rasputin and the train ... that extends to this day about Anastasia is that it is a Disney film.

In any case, enjoy this chronological recap of why Anastasia remains a cheap-but-thoroughly amusing Disney knock-off ... over the place eating apples. 3. Rasputin is every inch a half-assed ...

Did you watch the 1997 classic “Anastasia” as a kid? We’re willing to bet the villain Rasputin – who sells his soul to kill the Romanov family in the movie – showed up in your nightmares.