History Film / Anna

* WeaponOfChoice: Anna seems to have a thing for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beretta_92 Beretta 92]] fitted with a suppressor, provided she can choose her equipment herself. [[CombatPragmatist Otherwise, she makes do with what's at hand.]]

* SteelEardrums: During her first mission, Anna fires a handgun barely an inch from her ear to get rid of a guy who grabbed her from behind. In RealLife this would've deafened her at least on this ear, but it doesn't seem to faze her at all.

* AnachronismStew: The film is set in the early 90's but the technology depicted seems to skew more towards the late 90's or above.

** While laptops did exist then, Vassiliev's is far too modern looking.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Played with. Anna ends up bruised, cut, shot and generally battered quite often, but her injuries rarely persist into the next scene. Most of the time she looks flawless regardless of what she just went through a bit earlier.

%%* BigBad: [[spoiler: Vassiliev.]]
* BlackComedy: The movie skews in this direction, especially when reflecting it's exploitation roots. One particular moment has [[spoiler: Anna being captured and turned into a double agent for the CIA by Leonard, who are protecting her original target. Unfortunately, she was supposed to get a finger from the target as proof of death. When she returns to the room saying she has to maintain her cover by getting the finger, the other officers in the room force the target down while [[{{Fingore}} she removes a finger]]]]. Dark, but hilarious at the same time.
* {{Blackmail}}: How [[spoiler: Anna]] makes sure her personnel file is deleted. [[spoiler:She recorded Olga ordering her to kill Vassiliev.]]

* ChessMotifs: Anna [[spoiler: kills Vassiliev]] immediately after checkmating him at chess.

* DecapitationStrike: [[spoiler:A rare literal, though inverted example. The film begins with Vassiliev arresting Leonard's entire spy network in Moscow - and then sending their severed heads to Leonard at CIA headquarters, in individual packages.]] It is strongly implied that this specifically is what pisses the CIA off enough to want to kill [[spoiler: Vassiliev]].

* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: [[spoiler: Anna]] ends up this, working for the [=KGB=] while reporting to the CIA, while the KGB knows she's been turned while finagling a way out.
* EndOfAnEra: The movie seems to take place primarily in 1990 or 1991, after the breakup of the Warsaw Pact but before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In a year or two the KGB will be dissolved and its responsibilities taken over by the new FSB.

* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:How Anna finally gets the peace she deserves]].

* FriendlyEnemy: Leonard claims that over the years the CIA and the KGB have reached an unspoken understanding on how they conducted the spy game against each other. This all went away when Vassiliev had the captured CIA agents executed and mailed their heads to the CIA headquarters. The CIA is out for blood and has no intention of being nice to captured KGB agents.
* GambitPileup: [[spoiler:Anna spends her time getting coerced by both of the KGB and CIA into outsmarting the other. Eventually, Olga is the one that comes out on top (although Anna does earn her happy ending and Leonard doesn't exactly lose)]].

* HollywoodBlanks: [[spoiler:Leonard has sabotaged Anna's gun with blanks prior to her shooting of two targets, allowing the CIA to take her in and coerce her into working for them]].
* HoneyTrap: Initially this is the only use Olga sees for Anna, and although she does come around eventually, Anna really does use her looks frequently to get close to her targets.
* HowWeGotHere: Much of the film consists of this trope: the story proceeds to a certain PlotTwist, then rewinds to reveal the steps leading up to said twist.

* MexicanStandoff: A rather hilarious version involving 30 people between the [=CIA=] and [=KGB=] after [[spoiler: Anna fakes her death]]. A BlastOut is averted however, and both sides walk away without violence as they just wanted to extract their agent.

* NonActionBigBad: Although [[spoiler: Vassiliev]] does threaten Anna with a gun at one point, he's not a skilled fighter and [[spoiler: Anna takes him down with a [[BoomHeadshot shot to the head]] while playing chess with him in the climax.]]

* OvertRendezvous: After [[spoiler: killing Vassiliv]], Anna reappears and arranges a meet in a park with the [=CIA=] and KGB.

* ShoutOut: The entire film is one to Besson's ''Film/{{Nikita}}'', particularly Anna's first assignment: an assassination inside a crowded restaurant. [[spoiler: Subverted in that the hit immediately goes wrong (Olga had intentionally given Anna an unloaded pistol, as a lesson in preparedness), and she must rely on [[ImprovisedWeapon improvised weapons]] (plates, cutlery, etc.) and martial arts to complete the hit and not get killed in the process.]]

** [[spoiler: Olga notices the handcuff marks on Anna's wrists and realizes she was captured and turned.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: Anna seems to have a thing for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beretta_92 Beretta 92]] fitted with a suppressor, provided she can choose her equipment herself. [[CombatPragmatist Otherwise she makes do with what's at hand]].

* BaldWoman: In the last scene Anna is shown to have shaved her head entirely, using a blonde wig for disguising the fact.

* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: Anna has long hair with a more feminine look, while her girlfriend Maude always has short hair and looks pretty tomboyish.

* HowWeGotHere: Much of the film consists of this trope: the story proceeds to a certain PlotTwist, then rewinds to reveal the steps leading up to said twist. The entry for YouWouldMakeAGreatModel is one such example.

* YouWouldMakeAGreatModel: Said almost verbatim by the modeling agency talent scout when he encounters Anna in the marketplace. [[spoiler: Subverted in that Alex's and Olga's team systematically steered him towards Anna in the first place.]]