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Summary: MOVIE IS WONDERFUL
Review: I have seen this film when it aired on ABC, and I thought ABC/Disney did a wonderful job with it. This details the life of Anne Frank, in a very neat and wonderful way. You must see it!
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Summary: Brilliant Adaptation
Review: This is a fantastic project. It is rare when every single aspect of a film's production turns out to be so right on target. The production design is breathtaking, the cinematography impressive and the acting is unparalleled. All of the performers inhabit their characters to the point of perfection and I don't believe we have had a better interpretation of Anne Frank than Hannah Taylor Gordon's masterful portrayal. This is a film that should be seen by everyone, its power, even after repeated viewings, never diwndles.
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Summary: One of the Best!
Review: This was definitely one of the best movies I have ever seen! The acting in this movie was without a doubt very convincing. It really does transport you into another world. A world with love, hate, and heartache. This movie intrigued me so much that I am very interested in all of the movies and books about Anne Frank. I give this movie 5 stars!
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Summary: AT LAST!
Review: At last, this stunning ABC mini series is coming to video! (I am ordering mine as soon as I finish writing this review!).At last we can see the full story, from before the diary and after, and it's everything we could imagine! Hannah Taylor-Gordon plays Anne. After a pain-staking casting search, the requirements that the actress should bear a clear resemblance to the real girl and have a solid acting style were clearly found in Gordon. She is truly the epitome of what we envision Anne to be. Rounding out the cast are Ben Kingsley as Otto Frank, Tatjana Blacher as Edith Frank, Brenda Blethyn as Auguste van Pels and Lili Taylor as Miep Gies. Filmed on location in Prague, the entire production is flawless and is based on Melissa Muller's book on Anne, not on the actual diary itself. If you love the story of Anne, you will love this new mini series. Your heart will sing, soar and break.
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Summary: Anne Frank - The whole story is wonderful!!!!!
Review: Just like the book in all the ways it explains all the details. This is as close to the book as you can get. The book was just like I visualised it on the DVD. Its a must see!!!!
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Summary: Superb - only the English language detracts from the realism
Review: I wholeheartedly agree with the majority of reviewers that this is the best account of Anne's life ever made - and one of the best holocaust movies ever made as well. The acting is top-notch and Hannah Taylor Gordon is a real find -it is amazing how she is able to bring Anne's character to life. The only thing that could theoretically be improved upon is to do the movie in the language(s) used in the real events - that is, mostly Dutch. As a Dutchman, I may seem prejudiced in favour of my own language but that's not it. Dutch movies that portray 'international' events or persons almost always use the appropriate language(s) even if that results in a multilingual movie. To me, the story becomes less believable if Dutch and German characters are speaking English to each other, or if they have an unconvincing accent.
The same thing bugged me when I watched "The Discovery Of Heaven", which is also mostly set in the Netherlands. Anyway, this is all hypothetical because: a) I see that a movie in Dutch would probably not be competitive internationally so it could never be made with a similar budget; and b) that would mean that the great cast used in this movie wouldn't have been in it. So I'm not really complaining; even if some aspect could theoretically be improved upon (at least according to my personal taste and preferences), it remains, in practice, one of the best ever made in its genre, and a must see for anyone seriously interested in that horrible episode in human history.
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Summary: Anne Frank The Whole Story
Review: I bought this dvd to include in a study of World War II for my fifth grade class because it was a Disney video. While I enjoyed the movide, I can not show it in public school due to some scenes in the film.
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Summary: Extemely moving... A film that everyone must see!
Review: Quite simply, this is one of the very best works of film that I have ever seen. I have read Anne's diary, biographies, and other supplemental books countless times, and this film echos Anne's spirit entirely.
To begin with, Anne and the other members of the Secret Annex look so much like they must have in real life - and the acting is so well done that it's almost easy to forget that these ARE just actors! Anne's multifaceted personality is portrayed very realistically (as a teenage girl, I believe I have the experience to say that), and Ben Kingsley's performance as Otto Frank is heartbreaking. The first time I saw this movie, in fact, I was almost too shocked to cry. Everyone knows the tragic story of the Holocaust, but for once the facts were truly humanized on a personal level.
The events in this film are very well laid out, too. It's important to get to know the Frank family in their happier years before they went into hiding, and of course Anne's story does not end at her arrest. I would DEFINITELY recommend this movie to all mature audiences: Anne Frank fans, World War II buffs, history teachers and classrooms, and anyone who has the slightest interest in realizing the state of the world only sixty years ago.
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Summary: Excellent for classroom viewing
Review: We study "The Diary of Anne Frank" in my eighth grade English classes, and this video is an absolute must in my curriculum. It gives the students a very personal connection to Anne Frank, and provides far more accurate information and detail than does the play version of her diary.
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Summary: Moving Story
Review: Based on Melissa Mullers book on the life of Anne Frank, this film tells the schoolgirls life story, dating from just before the war, to her tragic death in Bergen Belson concentration camp, only two weeks before the camp was liberated. It is the story of an outwardly ordinary schoolgirl, whose aspirations of womanhood cruelly denied her by the brutal effects of the
dying Nazi regime.
This splendid film shows how the girl used her writing as a means of self expression, and as a fom of escapism, only to be captured by the Nazi's, and spend her last days in a desperate struggle for salvation. The setting of the family attic is broken by the brutal scenes at the concentration camps, culminating in Otto Franks return to Amsterdam after the war, to discover the truth about his two daughters, and to discover Anne's diary.
Ben Kingsley gives a dignified portrayal of Otto Frank, the man who strives throughout to keep his family together. It is this message of family values which shines through the film to the end. Moving, and near the end, harrowing drama.
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