Russian exiles in Paris devise a scheme to extort ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming an impoverished, suicidal young woman to appear as the heir to the Russian throne and therefore collect the money. In the course of mentoring her, Bounin gradually comes to believe that she is in fact Anastasia. Ultimately, the Empress will have to decide on her claim.
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Russian exiles in Paris devise a scheme to extort ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming an impoverished, suicidal young woman to appear as the heir to the Russian throne and therefore collect the money. In the course of mentoring her, Bounin gradually comes to believe that she is in fact Anastasia. Ultimately, the Empress will have to decide on her claim.
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