Anastasia1997

[Anya and Dimitri leave the opera box and arrive at the Dowager's box room so she can be announced]

Dimitri:
[arrives at the Dowager's box room with Anya] Wait here for just a moment. I'll go in and announce you properly.

[He goes to the door, but Anya stops him first]

Anya:
Dimitri?

Dimitri:
Yes?

Anya:
[nervous] Look, we've been through a lot together.

Dimitri:
[excited] Uh-huh.

Anya:
[really nervous] And I just wanted to--

Dimitri:
[really excited] Yes?

Anya:
Well-- [loses it] Thank you, I guess. Yes, thank you for everything.

[Dimitri turns around, disappointed, and heads for the door and Anya goes the other way]

Dimitri:
[turns around; nervous] Anya, I--

Anya:
[excited] Yes?

Dimitri:
[really nervous] I'm...I...Um--

Anya:
[really excited] Yes?

Dimitri:
[also loses it] I just wanted to wish you good luck, I guess.

[Dimitri shakes Anya's hand]

Anya:
[disappointed] Oh.

Dimitri:
Well here goes.

[Dimitri walks into the Dowager's box. He enters Dowager's box and approaches Sophie]

Dimitri:
Please inform her majesty, The Dowanger Empress, that I have found her granddaughter... [Anya listens to Dimitri from the other side of the door] ...the Grand Duchess Anastasia. She's waiting to see her just outside the door.

Sophie:
I'm very sorry young man, but the Dowanger Empress, she will see no one.

[Overhearing this, Marie turns to Dimitri very stern]

Dowager Empress Marie:
You may tell that impertinent young man that I have seen enough Grand Duchess Anastasias to last me a lifetime.

[Sophie has second thoughts to have Dimitri to leave]

Sophie:
Um, you better go.

Dimitri:
[nervous] Please, let me just...

Dowager Empress Marie:
Now if you'll excuse me, I wish to live the remainder of my lonely life in peace.

Sophie:
Come, I'll see you to the door. Come, come now, come to the door.

[Dimitri ducks through the curtain after Sophie closes it and sits himself down in a chair next to Marie]

Dimitri:
Your Majesty, I intend you no harm. My name is Dimitri. I used to work in the palace.

Dowager Empress Marie:
[sarcastically] Well, that is one I haven't heard, I must say.

[She starts to walk away, but Dimitri walks after her]

Dimitri:
Wait! Don't go, please! [gets in her way] If you'll just hear me out--

Dowager Empress Marie:
[snaps] I know what you're after. I've seen it before; men who train young women in the royal ways. [rings a bell]

Dimitri:
But if Your Highness will just listen--

Dowager Empress Marie:
Haven't you been listening? I've had enough! [Anya listens to the conversation closer] I don't care how much you have fashioned this girl to look like her, sound like her, or act like her. In the end, it never is her.

Dimitri:
But this time it is her.

Dowager Empress Marie:
[remembering] Dimitri... I've heard of you. You're that conman from St. Petersburg, who was holding auditions to find an Anastasia look-alike.

[Anya gasps after hearing this]

Dimitri:
But, your Grace, we came all the way from Russia just to see--

Dowager Empress Marie:
And others have come from Timbuktu.

Dimitri:
No, it's not--It's not that. It's not what you think.

[He tries to take her hands in compassion, but she angrily stands up]

Dowager Empress Marie:
How much pain will you inflict on an old woman for money? [Anya becomes shocked and horrified as she discovers who Dimitri really is and the guards arrive to kick Dimitri out] Remove him at once!

Dimitri:
[struggling with the guards] But she is Anastasia, I'm telling you! She's the Grand Duchess! If you only speak with her, and you'll SEE!

[Dimitri gets kicked out of the Dowager's box and looks at Anya, who overheard his argument with her and she confronts him after hearing who Dimitri really is]

Anya:
It was all a lie, wasn't it?

Dimitri:
[gets up and tries to reason with Anya] No, no.

Anya:
You used me? I was just part of your con to get her money?

Dimitri:
[trying to regain composure] NO! No, no, no. [Anya walks away, and he follows and stops her] Look, it may have started out that way, but everything's different now. Because you really are Anastasia. You are!

[Anya becomes really angry]

Anya:
Stop it! [shoves him] From the very beginning, you LIED! [shoves him again] And I not only believed you, I actually-- OH!

[She walks away again, but Dimitri follows and stops her]

Dimitri:
Anya, please! When you spoke of the hidden door in the wall opening, and the little boy-- Listen to me. That was--

[The conversation is cut short as Anya refuses to listen]

Anya:
NO!! I don't wanna hear about anything that I said or remembered. YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!

[She tries to walk away, but Dimitri grabs her arm and she slaps him. She then storms off. Dimitri tries to chase after her, but fails as he is blocked by a crowd]

Dimitri:
[shouting] ANYA, PLEASE! YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE TRUTH!