Once Upon A December Song Scene - ANASTASIA (1997) Movie Clip

Watch the official "Once Upon A December" clip for Anastasia, an animation movie starring Meg Ryan, John Cusack and Christopher Lloyd. Available now on Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD.

This animated adventure retells the story of the lost daughter of Russia's last czar. The evil Rasputin places a curse on the Romanov family, and Anastasia and her grandmother, Empress Maria, get separated. After growing up in an orphanage, Anastasia encounters two Russian men seeking a reward offered by Empress Maria for the return of her granddaughter. The trio travels to Paris, where they find that the empress has grown skeptical of imposters.

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[GroggyGrogster]

I literally can't believe this movie is so underrated

[funnyhappystudios]

All the dancing couples flying from the windows looks more like ghosts than just memories. Especially when you actually realize what happened irl

[duneewickramasinghe]

It breaks my heart watching this and knowing what truly happened to her.

[kaylenbowlby]

I got chills seeing her dancing with her father

[klassicalmuzik]

1:18-1:27
The girl in the pink dress is Olga
The girl in the peach drsss is Tatiana
The girl in the purple dress is Maria

[Mitchellfw]

I love the details Don Bluth put into this film, especially with things like how Anastasia is the only one with a shadow or reflection in the ballroom floor.

[NoriMori]

When the grand duchesses were alive, they called themselves OTMA as a group nickname. (Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia.) "In childhood the grand duchesses came up with ОТМА as a sign of sibling closeness and affection for one another, writing it in their diaries. Whilst the family was in captivity after the Russian Revolution of 1917 they were allowed to send few letters, and so the sisters often signed this nickname on cards they had written together for loved ones and friends."

[grayb]

it’s sad watching this and knowing what really happened to anastasia and her family

[big_ava]

This is my favourite Disney Esque movie ever. I get chills every time i watch this scene or hear this song.

[obiwanfx]

You know you're a historian when you got a very very uncomfortable sad chill at 01:41 ... they even made him limp

[jakkuwolfinsomnia]

I love how this song and scene is both beautiful, joyful, sad and tragic. That mixture of emotions and memories, dancing like the souls drifting across the marble ball

[lbxwxfq]

One of my favourite childhood films. Revisiting as an adult, it holds up - beautiful animation, great songs, and engaging
That said, the reality of history can be an occasional distraction. That's the trouble with making a fairy tale out of real events, the misery of the past creates cognitive dissonance. It'd be like if Aladdin was in Jerusalem during the Crusades; hard to reconcile a fun fantasy when a brutal history is screaming for attention.

[redfern]

I remember watching this movie over and over with my sister when we were kids🫡🥹

[justinquigley]

That is one Beautiful Ballroom Fantasy.

[solrebel]

It breaks my heart when her sisterd run to her 😢😭💔

[Reckoning]

The song captures the pain of a bittersweet memory so well.
In regards to the real history behind this…
Well let’s just say that I get the resentment of commoners against the injustice of a class system but it never justifies the slaughter of children.
The french and the Russians were so wrong for this.

[pearl]

I use to watch this movie and never got tired of it.

[rebeccalittlejohn]

I use this song for my oldest daughter and the one I'm currently carrying in the womb

[zahraaurellia]

Things hurts me the most is this movie is made when the body of princess anastasia is haven't found so people still believe that she's alive

[gaelm]

This movie is the only movie that actually topped Disney