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Anna: Not tomorrow.
Wilson: You are afraid for your life, but you will not leave Ber-
lin.
Anna: The Soviets are in no rush to kill me. They are not fools,
even though they are Communists. They toy with me. They
play cat-and-mouse with Ernst Ludwig. All these people—
these Europeans, these Russians—they love to play politics
with people’s lives, Mr. Wilson. They love the chase.
Wilson: Will you sell me your story?
Anna: You are charitable, Mr. Wilson. But my story will not
make interesting reading.
Wilson: Why not?

CLOSE ANNA

Anna: Because it has no ending.
CLOSE WILSON

Wilson: No ending?

CLOSE UP ANNA

Anna: Not yet.
MEDIUM ANNA AND WILSON

Wilson: But with your own lips you have said you are not Anas-
tasia.
Anna: And my lips repeat that. My body gives contrary evidence.
Wilson: Your body?

FULL ANNA AND WILSON

Anna: My chin has been broken like hers. (ANNA sits) And
look, Mr. Wilson, if you will, as I remove my slipper. She
would not remove her slipper for anyone. Look! My right foot
has been pierced.
Wilson: Anastasia’s foot was pierced by a bayonet.
Anna: My lips say my foot was pierced by a metal slat in the

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