Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV)

Director:

Robert Dornhelm

Writers (WGA):

Melissa Müller (book)
Kirk Ellis (teleplay)

Release Date:

20 May 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | War

Tagline:

The hiding was only the beginning

Plot:

When the war began, she was only a little girl. When it ended, she was the voice of a generation... A compassionate and sensitive televisual portrait of the Holocaust's greatest diarist. |

Plot Keywords:

Holocaust | Amsterdam Netherlands | Historical | D Day | Sergeant

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 6 wins & 20 nominations

Cast

Ben Kingsley	...	Otto Frank
Brenda Blethyn	...	Auguste Rottgen-van Pels
Hannah Taylor-Gordon	...	Anne Frank (as Hannah Taylor Gordon)
Tatjana Blacher	...	Edith Hollander-Frank
Joachim Król	...	Hermann van Pels
Jessica Manley	...	Margot Frank
Nicholas Audsley	...	Peter van Pels (as Nick Audsley)
Jan Niklas	...	Fritz Pfeffer
Lili Taylor	...	Miep Gies
Peter Bolhuis	...	Victor Kugler
Victoria Anne Brown	...	Jacque van Maarsen
Jeff Caster	...	Lammert Hartog
Rob Das	...	Jan Gies
Holger Daemgen	...	Sergeant Silberbauer
Cees Geel	...	Wilhelm van Maaren

Also Known As:

Anne Frank (UK)

Runtime:

120 min | Israel:180 min | Sweden:190 min | USA:189 min (DVD version) | UK:190 min (DVD) | USA:190 min (copyright length)

Country:

USA | Czech Republic

Language:

English | German | Dutch | French | Hebrew

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | UK:12 | Singapore:PG | Brazil:14 | Sweden:11 | USA:Not Rated (DVD rating) | USA:TV-14 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Prague, Czech Republic

Company:

Dorothy Pictures

Trivia:

All four female leads, Anne (Hannah Taylor-Gordon), her sister Margot (Jessica Manley), her mother (Tatjana Blacher) and Auguste Van Pels (Brenda Blethyn) all agreed to lose their hair for the scenes in the concentration camp. It was a requirement of being cast in the role that Hannah and Jessica have their actual hair cut off on camera. It was an act of solidarity with the young girls that Tatjana and Brenda decided to do the same. They came up with the idea the day before the scene was to be filmed. The still photographer did a set of before and after pictures as mementos for the women.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Anne's family are being loaded into the truck after their capture, and again boarding the train their breath is seen condensing as if it's a cold winter's day, yet this event occurred in early August. Similarly, when Otto Frank arrives back in Amsterdam 'one month after the liberation' (according to the caption) his breath is again seen condensing as he leaves the train and again by the canal, and the trees are clearly bare, indicating winter, yet 'one month after the liberation' would be early/mid-June.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Anne Frank: I want to be a champion skater, and a writer. I want my picture in all the magazines. Maybe I'll be a movie star. I want to be different from all the other girls. I want to be a modern woman, I want to travel. I want to study languages - languages and history. I want to to everything. I want to...

Movie Connections:

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The Saddest Movie I've Ever Seen.

What can I say about Anne Frank:The Whole Story that hasn't already been said?Not much I guess.I saw it a week ago when it premiered in Finland and was totally devastated by it.It's quite possibly the saddest movie I've ever seen.There were tears in my eyes throughout the movie and the last half an hour was almost unbearable to watch.

Hannah Taylor Gordon is a revelation.She looks just like Anne Frank but,more importantly,manages to capture her wide-eyed optimism and indomitable spirit perfectly.It's truly heart breaking to see her at the end,her spirit finally broken and all her hope gone.Gordon is so believable in her role,it's almost scary.Ben Kingsley is also wonderful as Anne's father.You really believe they are a father and a daughter.The other actors are good too,but Gordon and Kingsley really stand out.

As I said,there's nothing I can say about this movie that hasn't already been said.It's an experience that will stay with me for a long time and possibly the best holocaust movie I've ever seen. 10/10