Anne Frank: The Whole Story 

The life of Anne Frank and her family from 1939 to 1945: pre-war fears, invasion of Netherlands by German troops, hiding in Amsterdam, deportation to the camps, return of Anne's father.

Stars:

Ben Kingsley, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Tatjana Blacher

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 15 wins & 28 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Ben Kingsley	...	Otto Frank 2 episodes, 2001
Hannah Taylor Gordon	...	Anne Frank 2 episodes, 2001
Tatjana Blacher	...	Edith Hollander-Frank 2 episodes, 2001
Brenda Blethyn	...	Auguste Rottgen-van Pels 2 episodes, 2001
Jean-Luc Julien	...	Various Characters 2 episodes, 2001
Jessica Manley	...	Margot Frank 2 episodes, 2001
Lili Taylor	...	Miep Gies 2 episodes, 2001

Storyline

The life of Anne Frank and her family from 1939 to 1945: pre-war fears, invasion of Netherlands by German troops, hiding in Amsterdam, deportation to the camps, return of Anne's father.

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Plot Keywords:

holocaust | starved to death | starving child | thinness | starvation | 

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Taglines:

There's more to the diary then what meets the eye.

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | War

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

Czech Republic USA

Language:

English German Dutch French Hebrew

Release Date:

20 May 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Anne Frank: The Whole Story

Filming Locations:

Czech Republic

Company Credits

Production Co:

Milk & Honey Pictures, Dorothy Pictures, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

180 min (DVD) 190 min (copyright length)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Scenes were set up so photographs could be taken on the set, such as the Franks' wedding and Anne at a desk.

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Goofs

In the movie, the address given to the Germans of the hiding place over the telephone by the supposed informer is incorrect. The informer says the address is 263 Lindtstradt, but was actually 263 Prinsengracht. It still exists today as the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam. The real betrayer of the hiding place has never been revealed or proven beyond only circumstantial evidence. The informer depicted in the movie is based on the belief of Melissa Muller, who wrote the book (Anne Frank: A Biography) that the movie is largely based on. In her book "The Hidden Life of Otto Frank" by Carol Ann Lee, which was published in 2002 and revised in 2003, an entirely different theory as to the identity of the informer is presented. Officially, the identity of the actual informer that betrayed those in the hiding place has never been conclusively determined and most likely never will be, as most of those that would be able to shed more light on the subject have since died.

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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...

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Connections

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

User Reviews

Honest, Truthful, Real...Truly Anne Frank

Anne Frank. A girl like anyone else. Anne Frank. A girl who wanted to travel, to do great things, to be a "modern woman". Just an ordinary girl, who lived and died under extraordinary circumstances. Forced into hiding after the Germans gained control of the Netherlands, she was confined in an annex for two years, and then discovered and with her family was taken to a concentration camp. She later perished there. The only survivor of the annex group was Anne's father, Otto Frank. All that is left of her story is the diary she left behind. Her diary, her legacy to the world, defined the voice of a generation. Her irrepressible spirit and pure heart shine through within its pages. Her words, some of the most precious words in history, have been preserved for posterity in the novel, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. This movie, Anne Frank: the Whole Story, tells this tale with such power it leaves the viewer in tears. From her bright, hopeful beginning to her heart-wrenching end, this movie grows a step further than the diary and really does show the "whole story". Inspiring, truthful, tragic, heartbreaking, yet triumph. 10/10