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The Diary of Anne Frank

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1959 · 3h · Approved Drama, History
Directed by George Stevens

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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.

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80%
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Fresh

Mr. Stevens has done a superb job of putting upon the screen the basic drama and shivering authenticity of the Frances Goodrich-Albert Hackett play, which in turn caught the magnitude of drama in the real-life diary of a Jewish girl.

Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten

Represents Stevens at the height of his pretentiousness and the depths of his accomplishment.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten

One of those extremely long and well-meaning adaptations of plays, this doesn't really amount to very much, despite its intrinsically moving subject matter.

Time Out

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