The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 Film)

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  • The Diary of Anne Frank is a 1959 historical drama directed by two-time Oscar-winning director George Stevens. The screenplay was written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, which was based upon the play they had previously wrote, and Anne Frank's original diary. The film stars Millie Perkins as 13-year-old German Jewish girl Anne Frank, who is living in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam in 1942. In the film, Anne and her family live in an attic along with another family, a dentist, the owner of the attic and his assistant in order to hide from increased Nazi persecution of Jewish people. The film portrays how the group lives their life for the next two years through the narrative of Anne Frank's diary.

  • Plot Synopsis

    Based on the original diary by Anne Frank, the film highlights how she and many others are forced into hiding in order to avoid the recent escalation of Nazi persecutions of the Jewish people. The owner of a condiment factory, Kraler (Douglas Spencer) and his assistant Miep (Dodie Heath) set up an area for hiding in the attic above the factory, where Anne Frank and her family take refuge. Another family, the Van Daans (with Academy Award-winning Richard Beymer as Peter Van Daan), join them, and are later accompanied by the dentist Dussel (Ed Wynn). Together, they live in hiding from the Nazis, where they hope the Allies will liberate Holland... And to survive.

  • Reviews

    "Remains a potent statement about the horrors of war and a valid testament to the girl who could answer them by writing, 'I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are really good at heart." -Peter Canavese, Groucho Reviewshttp://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3465

    "Mr. Stevens has done a superb job of putting upon the screen the basic drama and shivering authenticity of the Frances Goodrich-Albert Hackett play, which in turn caught the magnitude of drama in the real-life diary of a Jewish girl."-Bosley Crowther, New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review&OQ=_rQ3D2Q26resQ3D9A03E2DC1038EF3BBC4152DFB5668382649EDEQ26partnerQ3DRottenQ2520Tomatoes&OP=3be9a228Q2FQ5DQ275HQ5D9bd5_RQ3FQ5DadQ7D_oo9Q22Q5DoQ2Akd5ad5RQ5DQ3Fkzb59Q5DQ2A5zb5Q27somoQ5DQ3Fkzb5Q5DQ2A5zb5Q27

    "A poignant, moving film of hope and tragedy." -Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellumhttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/diary_of_anne_frank/articles/848554/a_poignant_moving_film_of_hope_and_tragedy

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