The Diary of Anne Frank
George Stevens, 1959
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, 1947
The Diary of Anne Frank is a movie directed by George Stevens in 1959 and based on the book The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, first published in 1947. The movie features Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters, Richard Beymer, Gusti Huber, Lou Jacobi, and others.
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Book by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
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Storyline
In Nazi-occupied Holland in World War II, shopkeeper Kraler hides two Jewish families in his attic. Young Anne Frank keeps a diary of everyday life for the Franks and the Van Daans, chronicling the Nazi threat as well as family dynamics. A romance with Peter Van Daan causes jealousy between Anne and her sister, Margot.
Movie vs Book
Year
1959
Minutes
180
Movie Rate
7.40
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Diary of Anne Frank
Director: George Stevens
Country: USA
Year: 1959
Length: 3h
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Year
1947
Pages
283
Book Rate
8.32
S: Goodreads
Book
The Diary of a Young Girl
Original title: Het Achterhuis
Author: Anne Frank
Country: Germany
First published in: 1947
Length: 283 pages
Genre: Biography
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Ari Folman
User polls & recommendations
“It’s often quite an adversarial relationship between a novelist and the people adapting their work, because a big part of the job is discarding material.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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