Genre: Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 16-JUN-2009
Media Type: DVDGeorge Stevens (Giant) directed this 1959 film adaptation of the hit play based on the writings of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl from Amsterdam who hid in an attic with her family and others during the Nazi occupation. As Anne, Millie Perkins is something of a milky eyed enigma and–in retrospect–too old for the part; but she is surrounded by an outstanding cast, including Joseph Schildkraut as Anne’s patient father, Ed Wynn as a cranky dentist who moves into Anne’s “room,” and Shelley Winters as the loud Mrs. Van Daan. Stevens turns the many overlapping dramas of the caged characters into the foundation of Anne’s growth as a young woman, ready for life and love just at the moment the dream comes to an end. Beautifully shot by cinematographer William C. Mellor, and written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett from their stage production. –Tom Keogh
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April 14, 2008
#1
We found this movie really boring. I was going to use it as a history lesson for my homeschoolers, but found it so boring I couldn’t even finish watching it. This was a total waste of money.
The seller was very prompt with shipment, but movie was a total let down.
April 14, 2008
#2
First of all: It was a painful movie, to see the Frank’s family going into hiding with the other people.Then after they were in hiding,they were never allowed to go out,they had a stressfull life ,couldn’t make any noise at a certain time.When they listened to the police sirens they’re all scared,they have to stay quiet until the sirens went away.
April 14, 2008
#3
First of all: It was a painful movie, to see the Frank’s family going into hiding with the other people.Then after they were in hiding,they were never allowed to go out,they had a stressfull life ,couldn’t make any noise at a certain time.When they listened to the police sirens they’re all scared,they have to stay quiet until the sirens went away.
April 14, 2008
#4
I don’t like this movie. I’m in 6th grade and this is a haveta.
April 14, 2008
#5
“The Diary of Anne Frank,” was the first movie to explore the tragedy and repercussions of Holocast in a meaningful way. Although I greatly admire George Stevens for having the courage to address such a difficult and sensitive subject in the mainstream, the movie he created is maddeningly inconsistent in quality. It seems to lack the certain spark, sincerity, and flow of the director’s best work, and come to think of it, the brilliant play on which it is based. The movie is hurt severely by Millie Perkins, who is whiney and lifeless in the crucial title role. Of all the worthy talent out there (including Susan Strasberg, who originated the role on Broadway), why did they have to pick someone who was not only inadequate, but 10 years to old for the part. Additionally, Richard Beymer is so comatose as her love interest Peter Van Daan that he might as well be constructed of driftwood, and the whole drama is dragged on for such a long period of time that the ending is almost anticlimatic. On the positive side, Joseph Schildkraut and Lou Jacobi recreate the roles they held on Broadway with conviction and gusto, and Shelly Winters won an Oscar for her delightful performance as Mrs. Van Daan. The screanplay by Albert Hacket and Francis Goodrich is also frequently moving. Not a bad showing, but hardly the classic it could have potentially been.