"Anne Frank: The Whole Story" (2001) TV mini-series

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 | Racism | Hunger | Slave Labor | Father Daughter Relationship

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:

Hannah Taylor-Gordon's siblings appear as extras.

Goofs:

Factual errors: During one of the air-raid scenes, Anne expresses hatred for all Germans. Otto reminds Anne that she is German, and she expresses surprise over this statement, asking Margot to confirm that they were Dutch. Actually, Anne knew full well that she was German, and expressed several times in her diary her sorrow over her "fatherland" being hijacked by the Nazis.

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:

Featured in The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2002) (TV)

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