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Director:
Writers:
Frances Goodrich (screenplay) and
Albert Hackett (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
26 August 1959 (Denmark) more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 11 nominations more
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(35 articles)
Lou Jacobi obituary
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 16 November 2009, 4:59 AM, PST)

Lou Jacobi obituary
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"Diary of A Lifetime" more (36 total)

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Runtime:
180 min | Argentina:158 min | USA:171 min (FMC Library Print) | West Germany:152 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (magnetic prints) (Westrex Recording System) | Mono (optical prints) (Westrex Recording System)

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Otto Frank and one of the men who had helped his family, Johannes Kleiman, were hired as technical advisers. more
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Continuity: After Anne spells milk over the coat, she starts to clean the chair and puts the glass back on the table. It vanished in the next shot. more
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[first lines]
Kraler: Mr. Frank. - Mr Frank?
Otto Frank: Kraler. - Mr. Kraler. Miep. My good friends.
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6 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
"Diary of A Lifetime", 6 January 2005
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Author: edwagreen from United States

No words are adequate enough to express the emotion that I feel each time I see this harrowing account of Jewish people hiding from Nazi terror in Holland.

I read that Director George Stevens assembled his cast to live in those quarters for a certain amount of time so as to get the idea of what confinement might actually mean.

Joseph Schildkraut gave a memorable performance. Where was his Oscar nomination? Were Academy voters afraid that if he had been nominated, he might have defeated Charlton Heston in "Ben-Hur?"

Ed Wynn brought comic relief with a gem of a dramatic performance as the condemned dentist. His losing the Oscar for best supporting actor was a slap in the face, especially for his many years in show business. Similarly, Lou Jacobi gave a tremendous performance as Shelley Winters' long suffering husband.(Who remembers Hugh Griffith in "Ben-Hur?") Few remember that he was the best supporting actor that year for the latter film.

What a great musical score reaching its height as the "fugitives" are about to be rounded up. That farewell kiss between Richard Beymer and Millie Perkins was wonderful.

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