The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)
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Film poster by Tom Chantrell
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| Directed by | George Stevens |
| Produced by | George Stevens |
| Written by |
Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett |
| Based on |
The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank |
| Starring |
Millie Perkins Joseph Schildkraut Richard Beymer Shelley Winters Diane Baker Ed Wynn |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Cinematography | William C. Mellor |
| Edited by |
David Bretherton William Mace Robert Swink |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
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170 minutes (without entr'acte and exit music) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English German |
| Budget | $3.8 million |
| Box office | $2.3 million (est. US/ Canada rentals) |
The Diary of Anne Frank is a 1959 film based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same name, which was based on the diary of Anne Frank. It was directed by George Stevens, with 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.
The film was based on the personal diary of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who lived in hiding with her family during World War II. All her writings to her diary were addressed as 'Dear Kitty'. The diary was published after the end of the war by her father Otto Frank (played by Joseph Schildkraut, also Jewish). By this time, all his other family members had been killed by the Nazis. The movie was shot on a sound stage duplicate of the factory in Los Angeles, while exteriors were filmed at the actual building in Amsterdam.
The Diary of Anne Frank won three Academy Awards in 1960, including Best Supporting Actress for Shelley Winters. In 2006, The Diary of Anne Frank was honored as the eighteenth most inspiring American film on the list AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers.
In 1945, as a truckload of war survivors stops in front of an Amsterdam factory at the end of World War II, Otto Frank (Joseph Schildkraut) gets out and walks inside. After climbing the stairs to a deserted garret, Otto finds a girl's discarded glove and sobs, then is joined and comforted by Miep Gies (Dodie Heath) and Mr. Kraler (Douglas Spencer), factory workers who shielded him from the Nazis. After stating that he is now all alone, Otto begins to search for the diary written by his youngest daughter, Anne. Miep promptly retrieves the journal for Otto, and he receives solace reading the words written by his young daughter three years earlier.
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