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MEDIUM STAIRWELL WILSON

WILSON climbs to room 203. Knocks. ANNA answers
through the door.

Anna: Who is it?
Wilson: John Wilson.
Anna: Go away, Mr. Wilson.
Wilson: I want to talk with you.
Anna: We have nothing to say to each other.
Wilson: Listen, sister, I want to make a deal. (Silence: two beats)
You know what a deal is. (The door opens part way)

CLOSE UP ANNA

Anna: How did you find me?

CLOSE WILSON
Wilson: I read Frau Teufel’s palm. It said “money.”

CLOSE ANNA AND WILSON

Anna: For money she told you where I am?
Wilson: For money she’d give you a permanent vacation in
Moscow.
Anna: (Opening door) Come in, Mr. Wilson...

INT. HOTEL ODEON. ANNA’S ROOM—NIGHT
MEDIUM ANNA AND WILSON

Wilson: I believe you’re telling the truth.
Anna: What is the truth?
Wilson: You’re just a nice kid. You’re not Anastasia.
Anna: Thank you, Mr. Wilson.
Wilson: But all the right and all the wrong people insist you are.
Why?
Anna: They wish to use the Grand Duchess Anastasia.
Wilson: Use?

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