Rating: 
Summary: Wonderful personal insights from friends and family of Anne
Review: Ever since I read The Diary of Anne Frank as a child I have always wanted to know about the girl behind the book, and Anne Frank Remembered is perfect for that purpose. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, with selected readings from Anne's diary by Glenn Close, this video paints a haunting, heartbreaking portrait of one of Hitler's most famous victims through the personal reminiscences of her surviving friends as well as others who survived the Nazi death camps. There are excerpts from interviews with the late Otto Frank, Anne's father, as well as interviews with Miep Gies (the woman who supplied the Secret Annex as well as keeping it and its occupants hidden from the SS), Hanneli Goslar (Anne's friend), and Peter Pfeffer (son of dentist Fritz Pfeffer, who was also in the Secret Annex), among many others. They all paint a picture of a young girl who was just on the brink of womanhood when she died, and who had a lot of hope for the future. Anne was the typical obnoxious youngster, and yet when one listens to the words of Miep Gies and others who knew her well, their words combine with the images on the video to show that Anne was so much more than what she seemed to be on the surface--forced by circumstance to grow up before her time, but at the same time able to retain that youthful hope.Watch the video by itself, or read The Diary of Anne Frank and then watch the video--Anne Frank Remembered will stick in your mind for a long time.
Rating:
Summary: Very moving.
Review: I visited the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam this summer and watched this video when I came home. It reinforced her story and was very interesting to watch, especially since I had just been to Amsterdam. Our 8th graders read the play, but this video would be a lot more enlightening to them.
Rating: 
Summary: ANOTHER INCREDIBLE HOLOCAUST STORY
Review: IN A TIME OF TYRANNY AND CERTAIN DEATH, ANNE FRANK STILL LIVES IN THE HEARTS OF MILLIONS,THIS MOVIE BRINGS ANNE FRANKS CHARACTER TO LIFE WITH INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE WHO KNEW THIS NOW FAMOUS YOUNG GIRL.LET US NEVER FORGET THIS SAD TIME IN WORLD HISTORY, ANNE FRANK LIVES ON.
Rating:
Summary: DESERVES 1,000 STARS!
Review: Let me start out by saying that this is the best documentary I've ever seen. I now know why it won an Academy award. This movie shows you everything you'd ever need to know about Anne Frank. It tells the story the occupants of the annex from when they all met and from the day they died. Glen Close reads excerpts for the diary, and there are many interviews of people who knew Anne, her sister Margot, and her parents. I think the best part was the last part. It starts out by saying there was a wedding on the Merwiederplein (Anne's apartment building before she went into hiding). The person who is filming it first shows the wedding on the ground then the overlookers looking at the wedding from their windows. He scrolls up and there is Anne Frank, herself. It is a brief moment but it is breathtaking. This is the only moving footage of her that they know of. I would also recommend viewing this tape with the Anne Frank House CD-rom... I hope you enjoy this movie as much as I do!
Rating:
Summary: Irresistibly Moving
Review: Meip Gies, a matronly Dutch citizen in her mid-80s, is an unlikely movie star, but neither Greta Garbo nor Ingrid Bergman ever held a screen as firmly as Gies does in this often heartbreaking documentary. A native Austrian who helped protect the Franks as they hid in their attic--and who salvaged Anne's diary--Gies is one of a series of aging and articulate friends and relatives of the Franks whom Blair interviews. Intertwined are old stills and archival footage, including film of Anne herself, accidentally captured on celluloid by a wedding photographer while Anne was looking out a window in 1941. Even Anne's father, Otto, who survived the camps (he died in 1980), appears in interviews conducted during the '70s. There are no real revelations, though Blair is not afraid to suggest that Anne was not always a sweetheart. Witnesses remember her as often impudent and driven by a need for attention. But she remains the sympathetic focal point of a real drama that continues to be irresistibly moving.
Rating: 
Summary: Phony All the Way Through
Review: The Anne Frank diary was doctored up by Otto Frank who ended up paying Meyer Levin $50,000 "because he had used the dialogue of Author Levin just as it was and 'implanted' it in the diary as being his daughter's intellectual work." If one is really going to engage in the use of Anne Frank as a historical source, then the first place to begin is with the question of 'why was she moved to Bergen-Belsen, a site which no one since 1946 has tried to pretend had any "gas chambers," after passing through Auschwitz?' At one time the official establishment history used to be that all 'children were gassed immediately upon arrival' at Auschwitz. Obviously, Anne Frank has put a giant hole through that theory. The girl was good for more than she is credited, but you won't realize that from listening to financial swindlers such as Otto Frank and his cohorts who have deliberately manipulated the evidence.
Rating:
Summary: Phony All the Way Through
Review: The Anne Frank diary was doctored up by Otto Frank who ended up paying Meyer Levin $50,000 "because he had used the dialogue of Author Levin just as it was and 'implanted' it in the diary as being his daughter's intellectual work." If one is really going to engage in the use of Anne Frank as a historical source, then the first place to begin is with the question of 'why was she moved to Bergen-Belsen, a site which no one since 1946 has tried to pretend had any "gas chambers," after passing through Auschwitz?' At one time the official establishment history used to be that all 'children were gassed immediately upon arrival' at Auschwitz. Obviously, Anne Frank has put a giant hole through that theory. The girl was good for more than she is credited, but you won't realize that from listening to financial swindlers such as Otto Frank and his cohorts who have deliberately manipulated the evidence.
Rating:
Summary: Anne Frank Lives Here
Review: The first time I saw "Anne Frank Remembered" was actually in a Sacramento cinema called the Red Lion. The audience was so moved by this movie that they sat in silence the entire time, leaving quietly as the ending credits rolled. I have not seen an audience react to a film in this manner before or since, not even to "Schindler's List". To say the least, Jon Blair's rendering of Anne's life is authentic, respectful and honest. A fitting tribute to Anne and the victims of the Holocaust.
Rating:
Summary: Beautifully done!
Review: This real world, real people edition of Anne's life, and her impact upon the world is impeccable. I cannot top the other reviewers descriptions, they cover it all so very well, except to add that if anyone is dedicated to keeping the holocaust alive in history, and has any dedication to the ShoahFoundation, then yes by all means, get this documentary. It was wonderful to see Anne's childhood friends in this, who knew her, and to hear Miep speak of those days and all they endured. This was real, not any Hollywood contrived script. As an avid collector of realistic documentaries of history, this one is one of the very best.
Rating:
Summary: Incredibly moving, relevant in today's world
Review: This video touched my heart and soul. Anne's diary should be read by every person alive as it is a testiment for those who ignore bigotry and hatred of people different than themselves.
|
