Thursday, December 2, 2021

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (1959)














Directed by: George Stevens
Based on the published diary by: Anne Frank
Based on the stage play by: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
Starring: Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters, Richard Beymer, Gusti Huber, Lou Jacobi, Diane Baker, Douglas Spencer, Dodie Heath, Ed Wynn, Orangey

170 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
In Nazi-occupied Holland in World War II, shopkeeper Kraler hides two Jewish families in his attic. Young Anne Frank keeps a diary of everyday life for the Franks and the Van Daans, chronicling the Nazi threat as well as family dynamics. A romance with Peter Van Daan causes jealousy between Anne and her sister, Margot. Otto Frank returns to the attic many years after the eventual capture of both families and finds his late daughter's diary.

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