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Anne Frank: The Whole Story

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Ben Kingsley, Tatjana Blacher, and Hannah Taylor Gordon in Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001)
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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.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.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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    • Stars
      • Ben Kingsley
      • Hannah Taylor Gordon
      • Lili Taylor
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      • Ben Kingsley
      • Hannah Taylor Gordon
      • Lili Taylor
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    • 70User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
    • Won 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 15 wins & 32 nominations total

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    Ben Kingsley
    Ben Kingsley
    • Otto Frank
    2 episodes2 eps • 2001
    Hannah Taylor Gordon
    Hannah Taylor Gordon
    • Anne Frank
    2 episodes2 eps • 2001
    Lili Taylor
    Lili Taylor
    • Miep Gies
    2 episodes2 eps • 2001
    Brenda Blethyn
    Brenda Blethyn
    • Auguste Rottgen-van Pels
    2 episodes2 eps • 2001
    Jessica Manley
    Jessica Manley
    • Margot Frank
    2 episodes2 eps • 2001
    Tatjana Blacher
    Tatjana Blacher
    • Edith Hollander-Frank
    2 episodes2 eps • 2001
    Jean-Luc Julien
    Jean-Luc Julien
    • Various Characters
    2 episodes2 eps • 2001
    Joachim Król
    Joachim Król
    • Hermann van Pels
    Nicholas Audsley
    Nicholas Audsley
    • Peter van Pels
    Jan Niklas
    Jan Niklas
    • Fritz Pfeffer
    Peter Bolhuis
    • Victor Kugler
    Victoria Anne Brown
    Victoria Anne Brown
    • Jacque van Maarsen
    Jeff Caster
    • Lammert Hartog
    Rob Das
    • Jan Gies
    Cees Geel
    Cees Geel
    • Wilhelm van Maaren
    Holger Daemgen
    Holger Daemgen
    • Sergeant Silberbauer
    Michaela Horáková
    • Sanne Ledermann
    Johannes Silberschneider
    Johannes Silberschneider
    • Johannes Kleiman
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    • Trivia
      Steven Spielberg was to be the executive producer, but declined after receiving a letter from Anne Frank's relatives asking him not be involved with the project because it was not based on the authorized account of Frank's life.
    • 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.
    • Quotes

      Margot Frank: Do you remember how - how I was always taking care of you when you were little?

      Anne Frank: Well, it's my turn to take care of you now.

      Margot Frank: It doesn't matter anymore.

      Anne Frank: No! You can't leave me here.

      Margot Frank: Tell me a story, Anne. I used to love your stories.

      Anne Frank: Pim's stories were always much better than mine. Poor Pim.

      Margot Frank: But you're still going to be a writer though, aren't you? And he'd like that. Do you remember how we talked about it? About - about what we were going to do, after the war?

      Anne Frank: And what were you going to be?

      Margot Frank: I can't - I can't remember.

      Anne Frank: Yes, you can. You have to! You wanted to be a nurse. That's what you told me.

      Margot Frank: That's right. A nurse. A nurse in - in Palestine.

      Anne Frank: Paris or London, that's where I'm going. To see the world.

      Margot Frank: To see the world...

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    7/10
    This could be the saddest story ever filmed
    This well-made TV movie is a very moving experience. Seeing in graphic detail how a well-adjusted and endearing teenage girl deals with the horrors of persecution as her family is forced into hiding to avoid the Nazi terror cannot fail to engage the heart and mind. It shows Anne before the Nazi invasion of Holland as a bubbling girl eager for education and socialisation. Her indomitable spirit is well portrayed during her family's long months of hiding in the back of a factory in Amsterdam. Her physical deterioration after her capture is shown graphically, as is her will to survive to make her mark upon the world. Ironically, she did make her mark upon the world posthumously through her diary, the most-widely read work of non-fiction in the world after the Bible.

    For me, the virtual incarceration of her family in the factory was very sad and thought-provoking. Taken from their normal lives and stripped of all those things they held dear, Anne's family strives to remain positive of better times ahead. How would we fare if required to give up all that we possessed and go into hiding for fear of our lives? A totally depressing thought, and yet that is what happened to Anne and her family.

    The later scenes, after the family was captured, humiliated, separated and sent to concentration camps, is simply tragic.

    The fine performances of Hannah Taylor-Gordon in the title role and Ben Kingsley as her father, Otto Frank, deserve special mention, although the entire cast was believable. Hannah Taylor-Gordon's performance was a revelation - she conveyed a range of emotions that superbly captured Anne's spirit and also her human weaknesses.

    The movie is not without its weaknesses. It is slow at times and could perhaps been improved by tighter editing, although this may have detracted from the accurate portrayal of the tediousness of living concealed behind closed doors for so long a period.

    The concentration camp scenes are disturbing and Anne's gradual physical deterioration is depressing. It is not a movie to entertain but one to stir the emotions and the resolve to ensure that this sort of persecution and genocide is never again allowed to happen.

    It is also a depressing reminder that it still is happening in various parts of the world.
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    • Release date
      • May 20, 2001 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Czech Republic
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • Dutch
      • French
      • Hebrew
    • Also known as
      • Anne Frank
    • Filming locations
      • Prague, Czech Republic
    • Production companies
      • Milk & Honey Pictures
      • Dorothy Pictures
      • Touchstone Television
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    • Runtime
      3 hours
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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