I love how the animation (in terms of body language and the way the characters interact with each other) is so realistic. From the eyebrow movements to the way they cross their arms, everything seems real.

The whole Train Escape sequence in Anastasia is one of my favorite action scenes in animated film history. The degree of detail and the well-composed combination of cel-animation and 3D animation really sell the terror and flying-by-the-seat-of-their-pants excitement that such an escape would have.

4:34 Dimitri : Nobody's driving this train we're gonna have to jump Anya : Did you say, JUMP??!!! (seeing a long drop) Anya : After you LOL VERY SACRACASM QUOTE ANYA

When I was a kid I thought ~magic~ made everyone else's passports red and not theirs(when those green things got on the train). Now I realize they just had crappy counterfeit papers

This whole scene is why I love this princess so much! She might not be Disney princess but she deserves to be.

2:06 Vlad : Oh no an unspoken attraction Dimitri : ATTRACTION? that skinny little brat have you lost your mind? Vlad : I was only asking a simple question ? Dimitri : Attraction!!! Ridiculous hee hee haa

“She’ll freeze in here” Dimitri: she can thaw in Paris 😭😭✋

This is what it looks like when you put hard work and dedication to your craft. This movies has aged well and will continue to do so, it still looks soo new. I have nothing but respect for animations like this that follows the traditional style.

1:00 Dimitri-3 Anya-30

Dimitri's eye flutter at 5:12 is the best thing ever.

3:05 Dimitri : Hey (she smacks him in the face or his nose) Anya and Dimitri : Ooo Oh Owwww Ouch Anya : Oh I'm sorry I thought you were someone el... (gasps) Oh it's you well. that's Okay then (LOL) Dimitri : Come on we gotta go Anya : Where we going ? Dimitri : I think you broke my nose Anya : Men are such babies Best line ever Anya thumbs up LOL

Dimitri: “fine, I’ll be quiet. I’ll be quiet if you will. Anya: “fine I’ll be quiet” Talks 2 seconds later 😂. It didn’t even last a minute 😂

Anya : *casually gives Dimitri some TNT* Dimitri : Oh yeah that'll work ( they all hide from the explosion ) Dimitri : Hey, what'd they teach you in those orphanages..? Ah yes, what indeed I wonder xD

"to that skinny little brat?" I grew up thinking he was talking about the dog and the "attraction" was in reference to vlad's admiration of the dog. so I thought dimitri was super dramatic for leaving the room bc vlad was paying too much attention to the dog. "attraction! ridiculous" to me was "he's grown attached to that dumb dog! ridiculous" lmaooo

Dimitri: “I hate trains. Remind me *never* to get on a train again.” Rasputin: *“WHAARGARBL”*

0:43 Anya : Dimitri ? Do you really think I'm royalty? Dimitri : You I do. Anya : Then stop bossing me around. LOL Those are my favorite lines ever in this scene I couldn't stop laughing I love how that she used her inner voice for a reason LOVE IT she does certainly have a mind of her own you know? But at the end of the movie they love each other very much

This is actually one of the smartest movies ever if you start analizing the writing

The bickering and roasts between Anastasia and Dimitri are so great. The main storyline works and the action elements deliver. But it's really the little things like that really made this one of my favorite animated movies growing up.

I love this film 💕 Anya is so sassy and I love her and dimitris relationship

Guys, I just had a massive brain moment. I think I know who Vladimir is based on. He is probably based on Count Woldemar Freedericksz (Vladimir Frederiks), the Minister of the Imperial Court during Nicholas II’s reign. He was very close to the imperial family and didn’t die until 1927. That would explain Vladimir saying he was a member of the court, close the imperial family, was known for being a somewhat humorous man, described by the French ambassador as “the personification of court life”, and it would explain why he knows the Dowager Empresses’ cousin (who is a completely fictional person). The only difference is that Vladimir is clearly much younger then Woldemar. Between 1920 and his death in 1927, he would’ve been between anywhere from 80 to 88, and Vladimir is clearly much younger, so I guess Woldemar only served as inspiration, rather then as a copy

the train scene is so charming and witty i just think of it randomly from time to time their chemistry is amazing and i can’t believe this movie isn’t more popular

The part where those green demons combine together to destroy the bridge always gives me chills, the power in numbers with a common goal.

0:52 Vlad : She does certainly have a mind of her own. Dimitri : Yeah I hate that woman. (Anya making a face and sticking tongue out at Dimitri then her head away) (Vlad pulls a paper marking how many points does Anya and Dimitri have from bickering at each other) Anya has 30points Dimitri has 3 points ANYA IS WINNING poor Dimitri sorry LOL

"VLAD IS BUSY AT THE MOMENT" (aka busy being stuck inside a box and trying to get out)

5:08 "Come on there's gotta be something better than this... That'll work!" Dear internet, please make this a meme.

Anya was such an iconic non-Disney princess

1:57 Dimitri annoyed mocking and making faces Ha haaaa LOL

Don Bluths animation is something I grew up watching the most of from many many of his movies. A true inspiration and is able to exactly capture expression and attitude in the characters. Always awed me and still does.

5:36 - That part where the minions come together in a giant form and destroy the bridge - the imagery of that part always just stayed with me...

Dmitri: Come on! There’s gotta be something in there better than this! Anya calmly hands him a lit dynamite Dmitri: That’ll work. XD

And all the people in the other train cars died of frostbite due to being stuck in the middle of a frozen landscape.

Anya keeps her cool, and her sass, but you gotta admit, Dmitri thinks fast on his feet and no one can say he isn't brave. They're a good match for each other. This is the only example of the "bickering = romance" type relationship that I've ever seen done right. Because it actually subtly inverts the trope, just as one is supposed to; the bickering isn't the romance. The *romance* is the romance, and the sweet moments between them are genuine and built on all the preceding moments where they got to know and trust each other. And they don't require either of them to be ooc, to have. The bickering they do engage in, is just two strong-willed people enjoying a good verbal competition and asserting themselves. This without ever saying anything truly hurtful or hitting each other's vulnerable spots (except in the pride, but anyone can see that their egos are resilient and self-healing). It's simultaneously lovely to re-watch and sad to be reminded that most slap-slap-kiss couples are poorly written imitations. And they're created by people who think : (1) utter loathing is the same thing as lust (2) lust = love (3) a relationship based on hate-sex is totally healthy and entirely unproblematic (4) nagging and put-downs are the most romantic and effective methods of communication. TL;DR -- they don't make characters / 'ships like this much anymore, now, do they??

The steam engine in this clip is a modified Swiss 1912 2-6-2 tender steam locomotive. While the Ye class 2-10-0 was the most prolific steam locomotive in Russia during the last decade of Czarist rule, my favorite Soviet steam engines are the FD and LV class 2-10-2 locomotives, the Su class 2-6-2 engine, the Iosif Stalin-class 2-8-4, and the P36-class 4-8-4 locomotive.

As an engineer and train nerd, I love pondering the realisticness of all this. I've even thought Mythbusters analyzing this would be awesome. - Minions uber-charging the steam locomotive - I suspect they weren't actually super-heating the boiler, but instead driving it directly, steam irrelevant. Without more water being added to the boiler by the MIA fireman, the water level would drop and the crown sheet fusable plugs would melt. We actually see this happen at 4:30, after that there's no steam power - just minion power. Likewise, what happened to the locomotive crew? - Minions welding the coupling - I suspect this was plausible, but not really necessary. Uncoupling those cars wouldn't have been possible with the locomotive pulling, even if the screw could be loosened it would be necessary to unhook the chain, which isn't possible unless it's slack. I don't believe the screw can be entirely unscrewed. With it welded like that it would be impossible to uncouple even if the locomotive did stop pulling. I suspect welding it like that while being pulled actually would be possible, as the minions heated the metal so quickly that only the outer surface melted, the inner part staying cool and strong. - Dynamite blowing up the coupling - this I'm less sure of. I think it could work, but not the way they did it. I understand with dynamite most of the energy is directed radially, to the sides of the stick rather than out the ends. So standing it up on the coupling would have damaged the tender and baggage car significantly (as shown), but not broken the coupling. Laying it along the coupling (horizontal) and tying it in place would be more likely to work. Likewise, there were two chains between the cars under the coupling, I'd think those would keep dragging the baggage car if not unhooked first - I think that's their purpose, to prevent a runaway if the main coupling broke. If they can't hold the cars together, then they serve no purpose. - Derailing the car with a grapple hook and chain - this part seems the least likely. There's no way the hook could tear up the tracks like that. Most likely the hook or chain would snap off instantly. If not, it would tear through the ties, that actually isn't all that difficult to do. I know the Germans had a special car for ripping through ties to ruin tracks as a "Scorched Earth" policy, from what I recall it didn't actually require all that much power to tow it. Actually that would have been best for the protagonists as that would slow them down relatively quickly without derailing them. But assuming none of that happened, it appeared Dimitri somehow tied it to the rear bogie frame rather than the car frame, thus tearing the truck out from under the car - I suppose that might work. I'd think the entire car would slide to the side with the front bogie staying in place, wouldn't expect the front bogie to come off. If it did, the whole car would go off to the side into a snowbank (which could have been good or bad), the car ending up sideways sliding along the rails, balanced on them, doesn't seem realistic. - Another concern - what happens once they've jumped overboard? They're in deep snow in a Russian winter with no shelter, no source of heat, only some coats, and I doubt any of those three know much about wilderness survival. Rescue probably wouldn't come any time soon, as it wouldn't be until the train was way overdue at the next signal box that anyone would go looking for it. Coming from one direction is a destroyed bridge, and from the other the set of coaches cut loose earlier, so it would take quite a long time before anyone reached them. They'd be long frozen to death by then. - There's also the question of geography - where are these mountains? To my understanding there aren't any particularly large mountains, nothing like this, anywhere along any plausible route from St. Petersburg to France, mostly through northern Europe and the Baltics, those are mostly low-lying flat or rolling hills. Despite these questions, I'll always love this scene, one of my favorite childhood memories.

The train crashing scene with demons scene was one of the most epic scenes ever in my childhood love this movie

3:18 MEN ARE SUCH BABIES !!! Me : Tell me about ? but at least some aren't LOL

What do they teach you in those orphanages Lol 😂

3:46-7:06 the best action and escape scene ever It's my favorite part in the whole movie it's awesome I'll give it four stars on my vote

I love Rasputin's reaction to the failure lol

best scene to remember. ^^

4:00 Anya: Get off of me!” Dimitri: “I’m trying!” Both: “Owww!” lol I love them😂

1:32-2:17, The CHEMISTRY 😂😂

At the baggage car Vlad: She’ll freeze in here! Dimitri: She can thaw in Paris. Dimitri really had to take a shot at Anya in a dire situation 😂 😂 😂

Finally a couple who have tension that make them real cause they had enough time to get to know each other for there love to grow and both have there own dreams

This film is a brilliant masterpiece, and this is without question the best scene! Hats off to the animators, this gem has aged like fine wine

6:18 if we live through this remind me to thank you?

Dimitri is so bossy and Anastasia is so rebellious!

I like when Dimitri says “sit up straight” Anastasia immediately slouches 0:30

4:17 "Wait here, I'll check it out." LOL DIMITRI, LIKE. WHERE ARE THEY GONNA GO

This is better than most vehicular action scenes today imo

maybe it's just because it's been a long time since i've last seen this film but my god that animation at 5:36 is incredible!!!!!

Kinda like the blend of traditional and CGI animation in this scene

Feels bad for any other trains that go through there, it takes trains miles before they come to a complete stop and if they didn't see the broken track on time... but then again they'll see the broken bridge...

I vaguely remember watching this movie when I was born and aging with the burger king toys...25 years later I realized how it influenced me

Vlad says woah! 🤯 5:50

Meg Ryan did a Awesome job of Talking for Anastasia!

The way dimitri covers her at 5:15 my lil heart

Dimitri: “Attraction!” Ridiculous. Green creatures: Not for us!

"This is what I hate about this government, everything is in red" After many years, I finally understand what they were talking about (other than the passport's color) lol

“Miss what, your talking?” 😂

For some reason as a kid this was very memorable and satisfying

I don’t know. 🤷 but there goes dining cart! 🛒 3:53

i like that Anya had her eyes closed when she gave Dimitri the dynamite.😆

"Oh sorry, I thought you were someone...Oh it's you, well that's okay then" "Uh, Dimitri, I think someone has flambéed our engine" "C'mon, there's got to be something better than this" * Anya hands him dynamite * "That'll work!" Best quotes.

Anya: *SLAP! “Oh sorry I thought you were someone and… Oh it’s you well that’s OK then.” Dimitri: “Come on we gotta go.” Anya: “Where are we going?” Dimitri: I think you broke my nose!” Anya: *sighs “Men are such babies!” 🤣

5:31. This used to give me the heebie-jeebies when I was little. The dark music fits this scene perfectly

4:11 "Something's not right" OH, YOU *THINK?*

You know when Vlad finds out that the papers were blue and now they are red, I felt like that with the never-ending Corona regulations changes when it came to traveling

'"What do they teach you at those orphanages?'"

Anastasia is one of my favorite childhood movies I watched it when I was young I remember watching this on ABC Family (now is called Freeform) with my mom back between 2012-2015 and the Train scene is my favorite of all of the movie

Miss u 2D animation :(

literally one of the most intense scenes in all of cinematic history

Probably one of the best animated films in the 90s which was not a Disney film

Luckily no-one was hurt

Vlad is underrated and underappreciated this whole movie

Having a Coal-Burning passion for steam locomotives, it hurts to watch it, but I can't look away.

Seth Reid Fox: "I see the green glow again."

The thing about this movie is that the Rasputin sub plot could not exist and it would still be fun to watch. The best parts of the movie don’t feature him. And all his parts could be replaced with say a member of the Russian government trying to make sure Anya doesn’t make it home because they see her as a threat. The plot still progresses the same with or without Rasputin. He could not even be in the movie and it would still play fine.

I like this movie from 1997 like grossing movies of 1997 like titanic, Men In Black, Lost World of Jurassic park 2 and Austin power!

All times Dimitri (skinny, brown guy) spoke: 0:22 0:29 0:35 0:39 0:47 0:55 1:12 1:16 1:18 "Apology?" 1:19 "Who said anything about an apology?" 1:21 "I was just saying-" 1:24 "Fine." 1:25 "I'll be quiet." 1:26 "I'll be quiet if you will." 1:28 "Fine" 1:29 "Fine" 1:30 "Fine" 1:34 "Miss what? You're talking?" 1:39 "Nope"

Anya: Dimitri, do you really think im royalty. Dimitri: You know i do. Anya: Then stop bossing me around!

Anya: dimitris, crees que Soy la realeza? Dimitris : desde luego! Anya: entonces deja de darme órdenes! Jajajajaja, si soy😂

This scene really makes me laugh. Anya and Dimitri arguing is so funny. Anya is such a wise ass. That steals the whole scene. I love this whole movie. I'm gonna get the DVD next month

Akima, Anya, Kimberly and Princess Daphne are four of the most beautiful animated women Don Bluth created

2:45 "It's what I hate about this goverment, everythings in RED." *Russian National Anthem Starts Playing*

"Well, this is our stop!" Heh, cool. "......LKASFHAKFHAJELJFNMSFNALKFHLWAJFL!!!!" Ohhh, yeah, he wanted them dead. Oh well. Find them in Papers, Please.

5:08 COME ON THERE'S GONNA BE SOMETHING BETTER THAN THIS? (Anya handing him the lit dynamites' stick) Dimitri : THAT'LL WORK? (putting the dynamite down on to the melted metal load lock and taking cover behind the boxes) Dimitri : GO GO GO!!! Where they teach you at those orphanage's? (me shrugging and thinking good question?) LOL

"Oh im sorry i thought you were someone el.. oh its you. Thats ok then" 😅😂😅😂

0:43 here comes the best part LOL

THE PRINCESS ANASTASIA..... IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME!

Suddenly a heard a whistle. [Whistles](gasps)[laughing]

4:30 - 4:34 - Dimitri must be kryptonite because how the hell else did he survive that fire blast? 🤣

I am not sure how effective it would have been, but I just realized there was a fire extinguisher on the wall of the baggage car next to the door leading to the tender. Although considering the USSR's track record when it comes to workplace safety, I doubt it would have been full.

I guess John Cusack did played Dimitri in Anastasia before he played Igor in Igor(2008)

Imagine if the conductor was dragged into the fire and the noise of the metal heating up was covering his screams

That big green demon scared me a lot when I was a child.

After really getting into history, I find it hilarious what Vlad says. "This is why I hate this government, Everything's in Red"

5:07 When I struggle with a boss battle, and my brother comes back with some cheat codes

I remembered watching anastasia in theaters with my grandmother and I thought she was a Disney princess at first and Dimitri as a prince charming as well ,but now I realizes fox owns the rights.

7:04 Foreshadowing (He takes the boat)