Cast of principal characters -- pt. 1. Anastasia -- "My God, what a disappointment!" -- The imp -- Into the abyss -- "How little I suspected I was never to see them again" -- pt. 2. Anna Anderson -- Resurrection -- Fraulein Unbekannt -- A story of escape -- A ghost from the past? -- Encounter in Berlin -- "If the Imperial House of Russia wants to let one of its own die in the gutter..." -- "A sort of weird charm" -- The making of a myth -- "A gruesome impression" -- A tale of two books -- Émigrés at war -- The trials -- "How shall I tell you who I am?" -- pt. 3. Franziska -- The fairytale crumbles -- A girl from the provinces -- The Polish factory worker -- The myth unravels -- Into the pages of history -- Epilogue.