SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-1

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                      Under

                           The Securities Act of 1933

                         American Enterprise MVA Account
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

                                     Indiana
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         (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

                                        63
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            (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)

                                    94-27-86905
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                      (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

          80 South 8th Street, P.O. Box 534, Minneapolis, MN 55440-0534
                                  (612) 671-3131
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              (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,  including
               area code, of registrant's  principal executive offices)

                           Mary Ellyn Minenko, Counsel
                    American EnterpriseLife Insurance Company
                 IDS Tower 10, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440-0010
                                 (612) 671-3678
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            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)



If any of the  Securities  being  registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415 under the  Securities  Act of
1933, check the following box.                                           [X]










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                                           Calculation of Registration Fee
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Title of each class of    Amount to be           Proposed maximum        Proposed maximum       Amount of
securities to be          registered             offering price per      aggregate offering     registration fee
registered                                       unit                    price
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Interests in the                 359,712                                                                $100
Guarantee Period
Accounts of the
American Express Wells
Fargo Variable
Annuitysm and the
American Express Wells
Fargo Extra Credit
Variable Annuitysm
Contracts
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The Registrant hereby amends this  Registration  Statement on such date or dates
as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant  shall file
a further amendment which specifically  states that this Registration  Statement
shall  thereafter  become  effective  in  accordance  with  Section 8 (a) of the
Securities  Act of  1933  or  until  the  Registration  Statement  shall  become
effective on such date as the  Commission  acting  pursuant to Section 8 (a) may
determine.






                       Registration Statement on Form S-1

                              Cross-Reference Sheet
                     Pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item 501(b)

Form S-1 Item Number and Caption            Located in Prospectus

1.       Forepart of the Registration
         Statement and Outside Front
         Cover Page of Prospectus                    Outside Front Cover

2.       Inside Front and Outside Back
         Cover Pages of Prospectus                   Table of Contents

3.       Summary Information, Risk Factors
         and Ratio of Earnings to Fixed
         Charges                                     Summary or, as to ratio of
                                                     earnings to fixed charges,
                                                     Not Applicable

4.       Use of Proceeds                             The variable accounts; The
                                                     fixed accounts

5.       Determination of Offering Price             Not Applicable

6.       Dilution                                    Not Applicable

7.       Selling Security Holders                    Not Applicable

8.       Plan of Distribution                        Distribution of Contracts

9.       Description of Securities to Be Registered  The variable  accounts;
                                                     The fixed accounts

10.      Interests of Named Experts and Counsel      Not Applicable

11.      Information with Respect to the Registrant  About American Enterprise
                                                     Life; Additional
                                                     Information about American
                                                     Enterprise Life

12.      Disclosure of Commission Position
         on Indemnification for Securities
         Act Liabilities                             See Item 14 in Part II






                                     PART I.

                       INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

The prospectus  containing  information for the American  Enterprise MVA Account
filed  electronically in American  Enterprise Variable Annuity Account's Initial
Registration  Statement  No.  333-85567 on Form N-4,  filed on or about Aug. 19,
1999, is incorporated by reference.






                                    PART II.

                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

         The expenses of the issuance and  distribution  of the interests in the
Guarantee  Period  Accounts  of  the  Contract  to  be  registered,  other  than
commissions on sales of the Contracts, are to be borne by the registrant.

Item 14. Indemnification

           The By-Laws of the depositor  provide that the Corporation shall have
           the power to indemnify a director,  officer, agent or employee of the
           Corporation  pursuant  to the  provisions  of  applicable  statues or
           pursuant to contract.

           The Corporation may purchase and maintain  insurance on behalf of any
           director,  officer,  agent or employee of the Corporation against any
           liability  asserted  against or  incurred by the  director,  officer,
           agent or employee in such capacity or arising out of the  director's,
           officer's,  agent's or employee's status as such,  whether or not the
           Corporation would have the power to indemnify the director,  officer,
           agent or employee  against such  liability  under the  provisions  of
           applicable law.

           The  By-Laws  of the  depositor  provide  that it shall  indemnify  a
           director, officer, agent or employee of the depositor pursuant to the
           provisions of applicable statutes or pursuant to contract.

           Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities
           Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and  controlling
           persons of the registrant  pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or
           otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
           Securities and Exchange  Commission such  indemnification  is against
           public   policy  as   expressed   in  the  Act  and  is,   therefore,
           unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against
           such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by the  registrant  of
           expenses  incurred  or paid by a  director,  officer  or  controlling
           person of the  registrant  in the  successful  defense of any action,
           suit  or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by  such  director,  officer  or
           controlling   person  in  connection   with  the   securities   being
           registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
           the matter has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a
           court  of  appropriate   jurisdiction   the  question   whether  such
           indemnification  by it is against  public  policy as expressed in the
           Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

         None

Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

(a)      Exhibits

1.       Not applicable.

2.       Not applicable.

3.1  Amendment and Restatement  Articles of Incorporation of American Enterprise
     Life dated  July 29,  1986,  filed  electronically  as  Exhibit  6.1 to the
     Initial  Registration  Statement  No.  33-54471,  filed on or about July 5,
     1994, is incorporated herein by reference.






3.2  Amended  By-laws of  American  Enterprise  Life,  filed  electronically  as
     Exhibit 6.2 to the Initial Registration Statement No. 33-54471, filed on or
     about July 5, 1994, is incorporated herein by reference.

3.3  Consent  in  writing  in lieu of a  meeting  of the Board of  Directors  of
     American  Enterprise  Life  Insurance  Company  establishing  the  American
     Enterprise MVA Account dated Aug. 18, 1999, filed electronically herewith.

4.1  Form of Deferred Annuity Contract, to be filed by amendment.

4.2  Form of Roth IRA Endorsement  (form 43094) filed  electronically as Exhibit
     4.2  to  Pre-Effective  Amendment  No.  1  to  Registration  Statement  No.
     333-74865,  filed on or about  Aug.  4,  1999,  is  incorporated  herein by
     reference.

4.3  Form of  SEP-IRA  (form  43412)  filed  electronically  as  Exhibit  4.3 to
     Pre-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to  Registration  Statement  No.  333-72777,
     filed on or about July 8, 1999, is incorporated herein by reference.

4.4  Form of TSA Endorsement (form 43413) filed electronically as Exhibit 4.4 to
     Pre-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to  Registration  Statement  No.  333-72777,
     filed on or about July 8, 1999, is incorporated herein by reference.

5.   Opinion  of  Counsel  and  consent  to its use as to the  securities  being
     registered, to be filed by amendment.

8.       Not applicable.

9.       Not applicable.

10.      Not applicable.

11.      Not applicable.

12.      Not applicable.

15.      Not applicable.

16.      Not applicable.

21.      Not applicable.

22.      Not applicable.

23.  Consent of Independent Auditors, to be filed by amendment.

24.  Power of Attorney to sign this Registration Statement, dated July 29, 1999,
     filed  electronically as Exhibit 15 to American Enterprise Variable Annuity
     Account's Initial  Registration  Statement No. 333-85567 on Form N-4, filed
     on or about Aug. 19, 1999, is incorporated by reference.

25.     Not applicable.

26.     Not applicable.

27.     None.






Item 17. Undertakings

Registrant hereby undertakes:

(1)      To file,  during any period in which  offers or sales are being made, a
         post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

         (i)      To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of
                  the Securities Act of 1933;

         (ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
                  the effective date of the registration  statement (or the most
                  recent post-effective amendment thereof which, individually or
                  in  the  aggregate,  represent  a  fundamental  change  in the
                  information set forth in the registration statement;

         (iii)    To include any material  information  with respect to the plan
                  of distribution  not previously  disclosed in the registration
                  statement or any material  change to such  information  in the
                  registration statement.

         (iv)     Registrant represents that it is relying upon the no-action
                  assurance given to the American Council of Life Insurance
                  (pub. avail. Nov. 28, 1998). Further, Registrant represents
                  that it has complied with the provisions of paragraphs (1)-(4)
                  of that no-action letter.


(2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
         Act of 1933, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed a new
         registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
         the offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
         initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment any
         of  the  securities   being  registered  which  remain  unsold  at  the
         termination of the offering.





                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,  American Enterprise
Life  Insurance  Company,  on behalf of the  Registrant,  has duly  caused  this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized in this City of Minneapolis,  and State of Minnesota on the 31st
day of August, 1999.

                                 American Enterprise Life Insurance Company
                                 (Registrant)

                                 By American Enterprise Life Insurance Company

                                 By /s/ James E. Choat*
                                        James E. Choat
                                        President and Chief Executive Officer

As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration  Statement has been
signed by the following  persons in the capacities  indicated on the 31st day of
August, 1999.

Signature                                          Title

/s/  James E. Choat*                       Director, President and
     James E. Choat                        Chief Executive Officer

/s/  Jeffrey S. Horton*                    Vice President and Treasurer
     Jeffrey S. Horton

/s/  Richard W. Kling*                     Chairman of the Board
     Richard W. Kling

     __________________                    Director
     Paul S. Mannweiler

/s/  Paula R. Meyer*                       Director and Executive Vice
     Paula R. Meyer                        President-Assured Assets

/s/  William A. Stoltzmann*                Director, Vice President,
     William A. Stoltzmann                 General Counsel and Secretary

/s/  Philip C. Wentzel*                    Vice President and Controller
     Philip C. Wentzel

*Signed pursuant to Power of Attorney, dated July 29, 1999, filed electronically
as  Exhibit  15  to  American  Enterprise  Variable  Annuity  Account's  Initial
Registration  Statement  No.  333-85567 on Form N-4,  filed on or about Aug. 19,
1999, is incorporated by reference.




By:  _________________________
     Mary Ellyn Minenko