Movies Based on Danielle Steel's Books - Zoya, Granny Dan, Princess Daisy

[ferngully]

my mums watching zoya at the moment, its about a member of the imperial family escaping the revolution and falling in love with an american soldier, anyone seen it or read the book?
selina                  xxxxxxxxx

[Laura Mabee]

Never heard of it. Where is she watching it (ie. TV channel) Is it a made for TV movie? Do you have any information at all on it?

[nerdycool]

Yes, I've read the book and have seen the movie, though the book sticks in my memory. I can only remember certain parts of the movie though... perhaps because I've only seen it once and because the book has so much more storyline, like what usually happens when you take a book and turn it into a movie. I'm just waiting for it to come out on DVD like other Danielle Steel books-made-into-TV-series. I actually started a thread about it in the "Books" section...

http://hydrogen.pallasweb.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Books;action=display;num=1096349087

[ferngully]

it was on channel 3 and it was meant to be rubbish, i didn't see much of it though. thanks for the link, i haven't been on that thread for a while nerdycool, i remember about the dog being a present from alix and that OTMA had the measles and such which wasn't far off from the truth, was the character based on a real member of the IF?
selina                 xxxxxxxx

[Laura Mabee]

Thanks for the information guys! *hugs*  

[nerdycool]

While I don't think she was modeled after a specific relative, I do believe that her family name was modeled after the Yussopovs.

[Ortino]

Yes, I have read this book, but I have never seen the movie. I actually enjoyed it; I found it overall very entertaining. I recommend it if anyone has the time to read it.

[Katharine]

I've got the DVD and the book - both are fabulous, and made me cry buckets *lol*

[angel18]

 i don't know if anyone has seen it but it was a movie by Dianelle steels about the Grand Duchess Maria surviving  , if anyone has seen it please post here , i would like to here your points a views about the movie

[amelia]

I would love this information too. Is it a movie in English?

Thank you
Amelia

[Ortino]

i dont know if anyone has seen it but it was a movie by dianel steels about the grandducchess maria surviving  , if anyone has seen it please post here , i would like to here your points a views about the movie

As far as I know, there are NO Danielle Steel books/movies that claim that Marie survived and I've read/seen most of them. Perhaps you are confusing this idea with Zoya? Zoya and Granny Dan are the only Danielle Steel books I've read that deal with Imperial Russia.

[Ortino]

The book never claims that Marie survived. EVER. It makes it very clear that the family died in 1918.

[Lisa]

The Internet Movie database on Zoya:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112796/
 In the movie (and in the book), Zoya is a friend of Maria.

[Ortino]

Yes, Marie is a friend of Zoya's--although I still can't understand how/why a countess would be friends with a Grand Duchess. I thought the movie was alright overall. Although the Palace interiors were rather incorrect, I was thrilled to see shots of the Alexander Palace and the Feodorovsky Cathedral. That greatly improved the movie's standing for me.

[Kimberly]

Watching this "Zoya" right now. I agree with Ortino's post above, but as for the rest of the film; it is pap. Melissa Gilbert is the eponymous heroine who has had a large overdose of orange hair dye. But I will stick with it....beats the football