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.
The Diary of Anne Frank
Hollywood has never made a greater suspense story... a more tender love story... or a finer human drama!
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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Represents Stevens at the height of his pretentiousness and the depths of his accomplishment.
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.
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