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Anne Frank

Ben Kingsley (Actor), Brenda Blethyn (Actor), Robert Dornhelm (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: DVD
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (81 customer reviews)

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Anne Frank: The Whole Story delivers exactly what it promises: the incredibly moving complete story of Anne Frank, going beyond what the Jewish teenage girl wrote in her widely read diary. Anne, along with her family and friends of her family, hid in a secret annex behind her father's office in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation of Holland. She dutifully kept a diary, which became a worldwide bestseller when her father published it in the 1950s. The story has been adapted for television and movies before, but this version, which played on ABC television, moves beyond what Anne wrote, meeting up with the Frank family before Anne receives her diary, and following her past the diary's last entries into Auschwitz and Birkenau. Hannah Taylor Gordon is a superb Anne, bringing to life the multifaceted girl, in turns intelligent, dreamy, creative, spoiled, and bratty, a girl like any other except that Anne is a Jew in Nazi-occupied Holland. The only one who outshines Gordon is Ben Kingsley as Anne's father, Otto Frank. His quiet performance is extraordinarily powerful; as he watches his family slip away, it is impossible not to feel his grief. This brave film is difficult in parts to watch--the concentration camp scenes are brutal--but this is a remarkable adaptation of Anne's life, and it is a film to be shared and discussed and remembered. --Jenny Brown

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars a masterpiece, Aug 15 2003
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This review is from: Anne Frank 01 (VHS Tape)
this movie is so sad it wasnt made for u to rate it good or bad
BUT IT WAS MADE TO TEACH U SUMTHING
we watched this in our 7th grade class at middle school me and 2 other students cried i couldent take it the pain those people suffered
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5.0 out of 5 stars One Awesome movie!!!, May 19 2003
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This review is from: Anne Frank 01 (VHS Tape)
This is one of the best films that I've ever seen! In some films that are based on a true story, directors twist the plot line around to suit their whims. But in this one, the producers stuck close to the real story, portraying each character and event as they really were. Actual footage from WWII was inserted in certain points of the film, giving it an authentic air. Also, some of the consultants were people who knew the real Frank family, people like Miep Gies (who to my knowledge is still alive in Amsterdam today) and Jacqueline Van Marsen, one of Anne's childhood friends. The actors and actresses acted out their roles superbly, and I was especially impressed with Hannah Taylor Gordon's performance. Not only does she bear a striking resemblence to the real Anne Frank, but she also acts very much like I believe Anne would have acted. I also appreciate the fact that, even though the film's setting is a very harsh time in history, the producers managed to show the brutality of the Nazi occupation without resorting to blood and gore. Anne's story is a sad one, but one worth watching, because it reminds us that the people who died in the holocaust were just normal human beings with hopes and dreams, whose lives were abruptly snuffed out by people who were blinded by racism and extreme nationalism. I would recommend this film for any history buff. It's definitely the best portrayal of Anne Frank on film. Thumbs up for this movie!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Anne Frank - the true story, Jan 7 2012
This review is from: Anne Frank (DVD)
This version has a number of advantages over its rivals. It covers Anne's life before and after her time in hiding and so gives a more balanced overall picture. The principal actors are, I think, Jewish and some of them even German Jewish, which adds to the authenticity of the film. Hannah Taylor Gordon is a very convincing 13-15 year old, unlike her equivalent in the BBC version. The Gestapo raid is much more convincingly portrayed in its brutality than in the BBC version which comes over as positively benign. All the characters are well-rounded and convincing. The Barandov studios in Prague give a good account of themselves in the second section of the film, which is conveniently divided into two parts as it does run for 190 minutes. All in all, the best version to appear so far.
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