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The Diary of Anne Frank
The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
1959 · Directed by George Stevens · 179 min · Drama · History · 12 frames
Tagline
Hollywood has never made a greater suspense story... a more tender love story... or a finer human drama!
Crew
- Screenplay: Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich
- Cinematography: William C. Mellor
- Edited by: Robert Swink, William Mace, David Bretherton
- Music: Alfred Newman
- Produced by: George Stevens
Cast
- Millie Perkins as Anne Frank
- Joseph Schildkraut as Otto Frank
- Shelley Winters as Petronella Van Daan
- Richard Beymer as Peter Van Daan
- Gusti Huber as Edith Frank
- Lou Jacobi as Hans Van Daan
- Diane Baker as Margot Frank
- Douglas Spencer as Kraler
- Dodie Heath as Miep Gies
- Ed Wynn as Albert Dussell
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, German
- Studios: George Stevens Jr. Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $3,000,000
- Themes: amsterdam, netherlands, holocaust (shoah), world war ii, diary, biography, black and white, based on memoir or autobiography, family, attic, nazi occupation
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