The Diary of Anne Frank

Based On the book by Albert Hackett

The Diary of Anne Frank is a 1959 American biographical drama film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1955 play of the same name, which was in turn based on the posthumously published diary of Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl who lived in hiding in Amsterdam with her family during World War II. It was directed by George Stevens, a Hollywood filmmaker previously involved with capturing evidence of concentration camps during the war, from a screenplay by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. It is the first film version of both the play and the original story, and features three members of the original Broadway cast. Many of Frank's writings to her diary were addressed as "Dear Kitty". It was published after the end of the war by her father, Otto Frank (played in the film by Joseph Schildkraut, who was also Jewish).

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Release date:

March 18, 1959

Director:

George Stevens

Cast:

Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters, Richard Beymer, Gusti Huber

Genre:

Drama, War, Biographical, Holocaust

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1959 in adaptations