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4	''Anastasia: Once Upon a Time'' is a 2020 fantasy adventure directed by Blake Harris.
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6	The story starts with [[UsefulNotes/AnastasiaNikolaevnaRomanova Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanova]] (Creator/EmilyCarey) being sent through time by [[UsefulNotes/GrigoriRasputin Rasputin]] (Armando Gutierrez) after being threatened by Lenin (Creator/JoKoy) during UsefulNotes/RedOctober, and finding herself in TheEighties.
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8	The cast also includes Creator/DonnaMurphy, Creator/BrandonRouth (as UsefulNotes/{{Tsar\|Tsar Autocrats}} UsefulNotes/NicholasII), Amiah Miller, Shanna Collins, Kendall Vertes, and Jaime Adler.
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10	It was released on April 7, 2020 on Creator/{{Netflix}}.
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12	!!Tropes:
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14	* TheEighties: Anastasia ends up in 1988 where she meets Megan.
15	* AlternateHistory: Anastasia gets sent to TheEighties instead of being executed with the rest of her family in Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks on July 17, 1918.
16	* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Fantasy stuff aside, Tsar Nicholas II has no facial hair at all, whereas he had plenty of it in RealLife (a mustache above a beard, no less).
17	* DidAnastasiaSurvive: Anastasia initially escapes her family's capture when Rasputin opens a portal to 1988, but after a brainwashed Rasputin nearly captures her, Anastasia is able to go back and save her family, the film concluding with Anastasia with her 1980s friend Megan after growing old and becoming a grandmother.
18	* HistoricalDomainCharacter:
19	** UsefulNotes/AnastasiaNikolaevnaRomanova, Grand Duchess of Russia.
20	** Nicholas II, [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia Tsar of Russia]] and Anastasia's father.
21	** UsefulNotes/GrigoriRasputin, mystic who is a friend of the Romanovs.
22	* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: Yes, they actually cast Creator/BrandonRouth, [[Film/SupermanReturns a former]] {{Comicbook/Superman}}, to be Nicholas II--whose looks are most [[DamnedByFaintPraise charitably described as period-accurate]].
23	* HistoricalDomainSuperperson: Rasputin has magical powers and sends Anastasia forward in time to TheEighties through a portal to save her from the Bolshevik revolution.
24	* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: In a notable inversion compared to previous portrayals (like ''{{WesternAnimation/Anastasia}}'' and even the more recent ''Film/TheKingsMan''), Rasputin remains loyal to the Romanovs just as in real life, even directly involved in saving Anastasia.
25	* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Subsequently, the villainous role is transferred to the (at least historically-consistent) UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin, who allegedly ordered the Romanov massacre.
26	* TheSlowPath: The movie opens with Anastasia Romanova traveling to 1980s America via a portal, but after she returns to her time of origin to save her family, the film concludes with Anastasia's 1980s friend Megan learning that her new neighbor is the now-elderly Anastasia, who was able to get her family to safety and is now a grandmother herself.

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