The Diary of Anne Frank
2,986
Drama
Based on Anne Frank's diary, and the stage play that was adapted from it: In Nazi-occupied Holland, Otto Frank and his family have decided to go into hiding, because of the increasing persecutions against Jews. The businessman Kraler and his assistant Miep prepare a hiding place in the rooms above their place of business, and arrange for the Franks and another family, the Van Daans, to stay there. Later on, they are joined by the ... [+]
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United States | USA Today | "An intimate three-hour epic adapted less from Frank's diary than the Broadway version." | POS |
United States | The New York Times | "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" | POS |
United States | Variety | "A film of often extraordinary quality. It manages, within the framework of a tense and tragic situation, to convey the beauty of a young and inquiring spirit" | POS |
United States | Chicago Tribune | "Adapted from the Goodrich-Hackett play, it just misses the spiritual and emotional majesty it reaches for" | NEU |
United States | TV Guide | "A vivid and carefully produced work of poignancy and loss" | POS |
United States | AV Club | "Never does [Perkins] project the courage, frailty, or plainspoken depth suggested by Frank’s writing, and the leaden earnestness of George’s direction does Perkins and the film no favors" | NEU |
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