it out of question that the real anna anderson be not princess anastasia . apart from very distinctive difference in physical appearance ( anderson eye be perceivably large and lip thicker and nose large and turn up at the end . etc ) and anderson unable to speak russian be a ridiculous tell . that why i detest anna anderson and her confederate so much . not a lot of swindler have the audacity and endurance to scam for 60 plus year with such a blatantly untenable scheme . yet to some extent i have sympathy for anna anderson . life must have be hard for a young polish peasant worker in those day . and to impersonate another woman for 60 plus year be an arduous task for anybody . she have to hold back her fleshy lip all the time to mimic the thin lip of anastasia and and have to occasionally go lunatic to make people believe all her chaotic memory be just a result of mental problem . anna anderson be an awesome woman on a wrong track . have she put her good look and learn elegance and endurance and act skill into proper use and she could of make a first class actress . on a side note represent some main character of this two parter seem to be loosely base on real figure . prince erich could be a mixture of gleb botkin ( believe by many the most possible brain behind the whole scheme ) and duke george and dmitri of leuchtenberg and and several other figure . and darya romanoff seem to be base on the gorgeous princess xenia georgievna romanova . but unlike the real confederate and prince erich be motiveless in this show and support anna out of love for and sincere belief in her and which be touch . on the whole this be a great show . fictionalise a bit but still remain faithful to the reality . the power of amy irving act lie in that she successfully represent anderson self assuredness and the mixture of impersonate others and be herself be intrigue . just a princess xenia say about anderson representshe be herself at all time and never give the slight impression of act a part . highly recommended .