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Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna
This was a TV mini-series titled Anastasia: Mystery of Anna in 1986, in which Christian Bale essayed the role of Prince Aleksei, when he was just 12-years-old. This got him noticed by Steven Spielberg, who would then cast him in Empire of the Sun.