Anne Frank - The Whole Story

Starring:Ben Kingsley, Brenda Blethyn, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Tatjana Blacher, Joachim KrÃ³l, Jessica Manley, Nicholas Audsley, Jan Niklas, Lili Taylor, Peter Bolhuis, Victoria Anne Brown, Jeff Caster, Rob Das, Holger Daemgen, Cees Geel, Michaela HorÃ¡kovÃ¡, Johannes Silberschneider, Jade Williams, Phil Jones (IV), Nicky Kantor
Director: Robert Dornhelm
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Product Type: DVD

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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

Description

Ben Kingsley, Brenda Blethyn, and Hannah Taylor Gordon star in the stirring tale of one of the most influential young women of the 20th century. Based on Melissa Muller's critically acclaimed book, ANNE FRANK goes beyond the story you already know and paints the true portrait of Anne both before and after she went into hiding. Get to know the high-spirited and popular girl before the war, and experience the challenges of the brave people who risked their lives trying to keep her safe. ANNE FRANK also explores the enduring mystery of who betrayed the Frank family and reveals what happened next.

Customer Reviews:

Education Review.......2007-06-27

I used this movie for my 8th grade class and they loved it. The only problem is that you have to manually edit it as there is a nudity scene as they are in the concentration camp. This movie gives a new perspective to the students of Anne Frank after they have read her diary. I thought it was a great movie.

Excellent Service.......2007-05-14

Excellent and Timely Service

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Anne Frank - The Whole Story.......2007-05-07

Excellent DVD - my son watched it in school and was so touched by it that he wanted to whole family to watch it. It was very moving. A great DVD.

The most compelling movie ever ?.......2007-03-27

I recently read the book, and then bought the DVD straight afterwards. Seeing Ben Kingsley's name on the credits brought me hope that his inclusion would enhance the film...but I was not prepared for the stunning, moving, and totally compelling piece of movie making i was to see. I must admit my heart sank, when I read it was a Disney production, but full marks to them for such an undertaking, so magnifically produced.
The locations and scenery were totally believable from Anne's flawless descriptions, and the acting from all concerned totally breathtaking. The way that clips from original war scenes were included only served to enhance the belief that one was living it as in a documentary.
The young actress , playing Anne, only fourteen years old, but bringing out a stunning performance that belied her young age.Hannah Taylor - Gordon gave her all in a range of emotions that showed Anne to be a normal teenage girl, with all her doubts, fears, dreams and intentions placed in a totally restrictive situation, as when in hiding, and in adesperate savage situation as when in the concentration camps...she deserves total praise for her role.
Her totally devoted father..Ben Kingsley, played his part as the middle class, reserved parent with total professionalism..his breaking down at the end of the film, was heartwrenching. Anne's slightly repressed mother..always doing the "right thing", was splendidly portrayed by Brenda Blethyn..and all the other characters played their parts so believably.
The film follows the story of anne , from her carefree days, with her school friends to the bitter end..and I cannot say I have seen a film that moved me so much, in all my 56 years. To think that Anne Frank died only two weeks before the British liberated the camp at Belsen - Birkenau , totally breaks my heart...and moves me to view the film again in a different light...if only !!!!!

ABOUT THE dvd.......2007-03-12

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