Anne Frank - The Whole Story |  | Director: Robert Dornhelm
Actors: Ben Kingsley, Brenda Blethyn, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Tatjana Blacher, Joachim Król
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  146 reviews
Sales Rank: 1741
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D23528D
UPC: 786936161434
EAN: 0078693616143
ASIN: B00005LC5R
Theatrical Release Date: May 20, 2001
Release Date: August 28, 2001
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Anne Frank: The Whole Story delivers exactly what it promises: the incredibly moving complete story of Anne Frank, going beyond what the Jewish teenage girl wrote in her widely read diary. Anne, along with her family and friends of her family, hid in a secret annex behind her father's office in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation of Holland. She dutifully kept a diary, which became a worldwide bestseller when her father published it in the 1950s. The story has been adapted for television and movies before, but this version, which played on ABC television, moves beyond what Anne wrote, meeting up with the Frank family before Anne receives her diary, and following her past the diary's last entries into Auschwitz and Birkenau. Hannah Taylor Gordon is a superb Anne, bringing to life the multifaceted girl, in turns intelligent, dreamy, creative, spoiled, and bratty, a girl like any other except that Anne is a Jew in Nazi-occupied Holland. The only one who outshines Gordon is Ben Kingsley as Anne's father, Otto Frank. His quiet performance is extraordinarily powerful; as he watches his family slip away, it is impossible not to feel his grief. This brave film is difficult in parts to watch--the concentration camp scenes are brutal--but this is a remarkable adaptation of Anne's life, and it is a film to be shared and discussed and remembered. --Jenny Brown
Product Description
WHEN THE WAR BEGAN, SHE WAS ONLY A LITTLE GIRL. WHEN IT ENDED, SHE WAS THE VOICE OF A GENERATION... A COMPASSIONATE AND SENSITIVE TELEVISUAL PORTRAIT OF THE HOLOCAUST'S GREATEST DIARIST.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 146
 Well done February 7, 2010
Jason A. Carson (Taizhong, Taiwan)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well done, but slow and a little boring. Best one of it's kind though. My middle school class thought that it was okay. The girls liked it.
Anne Frank - The Whole Story October 15, 2009
Richard W. Rector
My 12 yr old granddaughter had just finished reading The Diary of Anne Frank at school and was so moved by the story I thought I would get her the movie, made in 1959, to enhance her understanding of Anne's tragic experience. While searching for that, I came across 'Anne Frank - The Whole Story' and was so impressed with the on-line reviews, I decided to get that for her instead. I was concerned that the visual intensity of the movie would be too upsetting for her, but was reassured when she told me that she loved it and had watched it with her friends at least 4 times already (the first week she had it !!) I live in a different state and will have to wait until I visit her to see the movie myself but, based on her review, I would have to give it a full 5 stars. That it was made by Disney also helped me with my decision. My hope is that, by seeing this movie, she will have a new awareness of what terrible things racism and bigotry can do if allowed to exist in society. I think all children her age and up should see it (in most cases younger children should probably not). The world might be a better place if they did.
Touching and Informative October 6, 2009
K. Crandell
I watched this movie with my 10 year old grandaughter who absolutely loved it. She wants to read books about Anne Frank and has started to keep a journal like Anne did. It was a wonderful way for her to learn about WWII...This movie was both touching and informative.
By far the best Anne Frank drama so far. September 20, 2009
A. McQuiston (IN USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a Holocaust and Anne Frank buff (If buff is the correct word) I have seen every Anne Frank movie thus far.
When I first heard that Anne Frank was going to be a "Wonderful World of Disney" 2 part mini series I was hesistant. Since Disney is so good at sugar coating and changing "bad" endings into "happy ever afters", I was afraid they would do the same with Anne Frank. I decided to watch, and was pleasantly surprised to see they kept to the original story.
The actors are VERY believeable. After awhile I had to remind myself, that's NOT the real Anne and Margot, but They both did a BEAUTIFUL job. I never was able to get into the Millie Perkins version. If you don't look the part, how can you be the part?
The latter part of this movie is heartwrenching... Anne being torn away from her father and when Margot dies are equally heartbreaking to watch. Those two scenes could be scary for little ones. I would recommend if little ones watch this movie, make sure to sit down and explain it to them. Could be a great way to teach kids about the Holocaust.
I HIGHLY recommend this movie.
Everyone should read September 6, 2009
The Twister 65 (Bossier City, LA)
This book is a wonderful book about how a Jewish girl spent a bit of time in hiding. I personally think everyone should read this book or another like it to remind us of what can happen. I saw to it all of my children had a chance to read the book and/or watch the movie. Now I'm having my grandchildren read it. It astonishes them as to what can happen.
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