Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (2016)

During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.

Director:

Hans Steinbichler

Writers:

Fred Breinersdorfer, Anne Frank (based on the book "Het Achterhuis" by)

Stars:

Lea van Acken, Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Noethen

4 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lea van Acken	...	Anne Frank
Martina Gedeck	...	Edith Frank
Ulrich Noethen	...	Otto Frank
Stella Kunkat	...	Margot Frank
André Jung	...	Hans van Daan
Margarita Broich	...	Petronella van Daan
Leonard Carow	...	Peter van Daan
Arthur Klemt	...	Albert Dussel
Gerti Drassl	...	Miep Gies
Stefan Merki	...	Victor Kugler
Jamie Bick	...	Hanneli
Ella Frey	...	Anne Frank as Child
Maximilian Löwenstein	...	Jan Gies
Michael A. Grimm	...	Wilhelm van Maaren
Michael Kranz	...	Jan Hartog

Storyline

During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Site [Germany]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German English

Release Date:

3 March 2016 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Anne Frank'in Hatira Defteri

Filming Locations:

MMC Studios, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

AVE Gesellschaft für Fernsehproduktion, Zeitsprung Pictures, Universal Pictures International (UPI)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Het korte leven van Anne Frank (2001)

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Soundtracks

Mir geht's gut
Music by Bruno Balz
Performed by Lea van Acken and Stella Kunkat

User Reviews

A new perspective on a jaded story

There are many reasons to be wary of another movie about Anne Frank. First of, the diary has been turned into a film before -- with Audrey Hepburn as lead. Hard to beat. Then it's apparently yet another -- usually equally schlocky and moralistic -- German movie about the evil Nazi era to be fed to the yawning (school) classes. Consequently, Germany's largest news magazine Spiegel entitled its review of the movie "What school classes will be bored with next", and, much worse, Germany's largest tabloid Bild declared it "the most important film of the year". Leading actress Lea von Acken has been featured in all the gossip mags for weeks with her gushing about how awesomely brave and intelligent Anne Frank had been.

When I read Anne Frank's diary (originally entitled "The Rear House") as a school boy, I was hard pressed for sympathy. Not for the plight of the persecuted Jews in general, but for Anne Frank in particular. She seemed to be like one of those picture perfect girls who always did their homework on time and played violin as a hobby. Someone who wrote a diary to an imaginary friend called "Kitty" seemed to have been endowed with a rich inner life, one which I, for one, didn't care one bit for.

But luckily, all my expectations were unfulfilled. The 2016 offering of Anne Frank's diary is a fresh, important and eminently watchable movie. It really brings something new to an already full table. This isn't the censored 1950ies version of Anne, but a portrait of a feisty, often unbalanced, idiosyncratic and lonesome girl. She wrote the diary not because it was the girly thing to do, but because she didn't have anyone who understood her and whom she could communicate with. She was a girl who could be uncomfortable. Especially Anne and her elder sister are shown with unusual realism.

This movie might well give you a fresh perspective on a story you might have thought you already knew.