| | Diary Of Anne Frank DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Recommended Movies, World War II Videos, True Story, Tragedy, Jewish | | Starring | Shelley Winters, Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Diane Baker, Ed Wynn, Douglas Spencer, Lou Jacobi, Richard Beymer, Dody Heath, Gusti Huber | | Director | George Stevens | | Composer | Alfred Newman | | Costume Designer | Charles LeMaire | | Director of Photography | Jack Cardiff, William Mellor | | Editor | David Bretherton, Robert W. Swink, William Mace | | Music Director | Edward B. Powell | | Producer | George Stevens | | Screenwriter | Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich |
Black & White; Soundtrack English; Soundtrack Spanish; Academy Awards; Director's Comments George Stevens' life-altering experience of witnessing the death camps after WWII was doubtless responsible for his desire to adapt the famed diary of the teenaged Jewish girl, played by Millie Perkins. With the feared 'Green Police' or Dutch Gestapo combing Amsterdam in search of Jews, Anne, her parents, Otto (Joseph Schildkraut) and Edith (Anna Huber) another Jewish family, the Van Daans, and a dentist Albert Dussell (Ed Wynn) take refuge for two years in a small attic provided by Gentile shop owners Kraler (Douglas Spencer) and Miep (Dody Heath). Despite their precarious situation, and the sense of claustrophobia created by having to live together in such crowded conditions, covering the windows during the day, and keeping as quiet as possible at all times, the families carry on as best they can. For Anne, her platonic romance with Peter Van Daan (Richard Beymer), the attractive son of often voluble parents, makes the experience more bearable than it is for the adults, whose sense of foreboding is palpable. By surrounding the inexperienced Perkins with a talented cast of veteran performers, which also includes Shelley Winters and Lou Jacobi, Stevens achieves a moving portrait of Frank's innocent precocity, with her ultimate fate the tragic subtext of this intensely compelling film. Shot in widescreen.
Additional cast: Gusti Huber (Mrs. Frank).
Rated BBFC U by the British Board of Film Censors. Diary Of Anne Frank Reviews: "[An] intimate three-hour epic."-- Mike Clark, Sight and Sound Diary Of Anne Frank | Studio | 20th Century Fox | | Orig Year | 1959 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  2611  | | CD Universe Part number | 6387771 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 03, 2004 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 151 Minutes | | Movie Details | B&W; Studio Classics |
Diary Of Anne Frank Video Diary Of Anne Frank Movie Review Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)   Profound!
I watched this movie as a little boy when it was broadcast periodically by one of the one of the TV networks. I didn't fully understand it then, but recalled being quite moved even as a youngster. Watching it again for the first time in thirty years, now with a broad understating of WW II and the tragic events during the holocaust, it had a profound impact on me as well as my wife (who had never seen it)! All I could think of was that this movie clearly portrays why freedom is so valuable and why we are so willing to fight for this precious but fragile right. First time buyer from CD Universe. Very happy experience.
Submitted by tommy1de (Baltimore, MD) 
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 Emotional and touching
Since I haven't read the book, there's no way I can tell if the movie stands up to the expectations or not, however what I can say for sure is that this movie is really emotional and touching.
Due to the nature of the story, the movie has been filmed in a "theatrical" way, meaning that the camera rarely shows something else than the house interior. This fact seemed to affect the actors to the best, because the performances are simply amazing.
Overall, for 2+ hours that the movie lasted I allowed myself to live with the Franke family inside a small annex in Amsterdam during World War II. It was fun and touching at the same time, however the end of the film could have been more dramatic.
Submitted by krikri (Crete, Greece)
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wonderful
it was just as i remembered as a child.I was pleased to share it with my child.
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Diary Of Anne Frank DVD Region 1
NTSC
Keep Case
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Mono - Spanish
Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Documentary: "Diary of Anne Frank: Echoes From the Past"
Audio Commentary: George Stevens Jr. - Son of Director George Stevens
George Stevens Press Conference
Millie Perkins Screen Test
Movietone Newsreel Footage
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