God I actually love this movie lol when I put it in a vacuum and pretend its not set in actual world history. Also "In the Dark of the Night" slaps. But the playing with actual history and what it says about the Russian revolution is so fucking silly.
i heard the screenwriters had considered lenin for the villain originally, and it's blatantly anticommunist since rasputin uses his green faeries to let a bunch of bolsheviks into the winter palace at the beginning. a bolshevik even hits anastasia's future love interest to the ground with the butt of a rifle right after he helps her escape through the servant's quarters