Anastasia is a 1997 American animated musical historical fantasy film directed and produced by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman from a screenplay by the writing teams of Susan Gauthier and Bruce Graham, and Bob Tzudiker and Noni White, and based on a story adaptation by Eric Tuchman. Nov 21, 1997 · Anastasia: Directed by Don Bluth, Gary Goldman. With Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd, Kelsey Grammer. The last surviving child of the Russian Royal Family joins two con men to reunite with her grandmother, the Dowager Empress, while the undead Rasputin seeks her death. Anastasia (born June 18 [June 5, Old Style], 1901, Peterhof, near St. Petersburg, Russia—died July 17, 1918, Yekaterinburg) was the grand duchess of Russia and the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last emperor of Russia. A young girl heads from Russia to Paris, hoping to learn if she really is the long lost princess Anastasia, only to find unexpected love complicating matters of identity. Anastasia is a 1997 American animated film produced and directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman at 20th Century Fox Studios. The film was released on November 21, 1997 by 20th Century Fox. A young girl heads from russia to paris, hoping to learn if she really is the long lost Princess Anastasia, only to find unexpected love complicating matters of identity. Nov 21, 1997 · Discover the adventure behind the greatest mystery of our time. Ten years after she was separated from her family, an eighteen-year-old orphan with vague memories of the past sets out to Paris in hopes of reuniting with her grandmother.