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

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

The façade for an entire block was built on the water in Prague for the Prinsengracht set.

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Goofs

The film implies a long-standing crush on Anne by Peter van Pels, even before the two went into hiding together. There is no evidence of this, and Anne hardly mentions Peter in her diary at all until January 1944 - a year and a half after going into hiding - when she expresses the overwhelming desire to talk to someone. Prior to this, Anne gives the reader the impression that she and Peter usually ignored each other.

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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

Referenced in De slimste mens ter wereld: Episode #5.17 (2015)

User Reviews

The Battle for Humanity

This TV mini-series shows us the horrors resulting from the cold, clinical meeting dramatized in HBO's film CONSPIRACY.

But beyond the horrors, this film is a touching presentation of the events behind the book THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK and goes far beyond the stage play and film of that title. Anne, her friends, her family, and her world are depicted before, during, and after the long, hopeful, but futile hiding in an attic. Various forms of the monstrosities of humans who forget their humanity are pitted against the perseverance of people who maintain their humanity.

This film should be seen in conjunction with CONSPIRACY, SCHINDLER'S LIST, VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED and other films that vividly show us what happened at a time when the human race was supposedly at a very highly civilized point. Such films show what horrors the human race can create when we forget who and what we are -- human.

We should see such horrors so that we do not forget. As the old saying goes, he who forgets the past...