Anne Frank - The Whole Story
by Robert Dornhelm
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Actor: Ben Kingsley, Brenda Blethyn, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Joachim Król, Tatjana BlacherDirector: Robert Dornhelm
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
Cinematographer: Elemér Ragályi
Editor: Christopher Rouse
Producer: David R. Kappes
Producer: Hans Proppe
Producer: Kirk Ellis
Writer: Kirk Ellis
Writer: Melissa Müller
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
Published: 2001-08-01
DVD Release Date: 2001-08-28
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Product features:
- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- Closed-captioned; Color; DVD; NTSC
DVD Reviews of Anne Frank - The Whole Story
DVD Review: The perfect companion to Anne Frank's diary!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
+++++
At the very end of this movie we are presented with the following words:
"One and a half million children were murdered in the genocide the Nazis called `The Final Solution.' Anne Frank's story is only one of them." (The Nazis' final solution was to exterminate the Jews.)
And what a story it is! The story is well told through this movie.
At the beginning of this movie we are presented with the following words (information in parentheses is my own additional information):
(i) This movie is based on the book by Melissa Muller called "Anne Frank: A Biography" (1998) as well as research and interviews by an independent researcher. (I have not read this book but from what I have read, it is excellently researched.)
(ii) Some scenes can also be found in "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl." Note that the actual words from the diary were not used. (The first diary entry is for mid-June, 1942 and the last one is dated (August 1, 1944). It is also helpful to know that Anne was born June 12, 1929.)
(iii) There are realistic depictions of concentration camp life--including brief nudity.
The actual movie itself can be divided into four parts:
(1) The time before the German-Jewish Anne Frank (Hannah Taylor-Gordon) and her family go into hiding. The movie begins Feb., 1939 in Amsterdam, Holland. Some of this is based on the ten diary entries Anne made before she went into hiding. (This part of the movie lasts about 55 minutes.)
(2) The time the Frank family of four, another family of three, and an elderly dentist went into hiding in the "het achterbuis" which, loosely translated, means "secret annex" of an old three-story building. This part of the movie begins in mid-Nov., 1942 when the elderly dentist joins the two families that have been hiding since early July, 1942. We are also introduced to the four people who aided the hiding group of eight especially a young women named Miep (Lili Taylor). There is also some speculation of exactly who betrayed the hiding group. (Note that this has never been proven.) This part ends with the group of eight being discovered by the Nazis secret police (Gestapo) and being taken away on Aug. 4, 1944. (Lasts for about 75 minutes.)
(3) This part of the movie portrays what happened to Anne after the group was discovered. It ends with the viewer being taken to Amsterdam in 1945, one month after the German surrender. (Lasts about 55 minutes.)
(4) The movie ends with the printed word. In this part we get snippets of important printed information. For example:
"In 1957, Otto Frank [Anne's father, played in the movie by Ben Kingsley] established the Anne Frank Foundation, working to educate young people against intolerance and discrimination."
Another example is the quoted information that begins this review. (Lasts about 3 minutes.)
What makes this movie so powerful is the contrasts we see in each part. Part one presents the free, happy Anne; part two, the hiding, hoping Anne; and part three, the fearful, prisoner Anne.
Note that this movie has not been sanctioned by the Anne Frank Foundation. Personally, I can't understand why because it seems to follow rather closely everything I've read.
The acting in this movie is fantastic. Kudos should go to Hannah Taylor-Gordon who essentially carries the movie as Anne.
The background music adds to each scene and even the cinematography is well done.
If you haven't actually read Anne's diary, I urge you to do so. I recommend the 1993 Bantam edition that not only contains the actual diary but also information that puts Anne's diary in historical context and, as well, has pictures that illuminate the diary.
Finally, the DVD itself is perfect in picture and sound quality. There are no extras.
In conclusion, this is a powerful movie, a worthy companion to Anne Frank's diary!!
(2001; 3 hr, 10 min; made for TV; full screen; 22 scenes)
+++++
Description of Anne Frank - The Whole Story
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 holocausts greatest diarist. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 04/05/2005 Starring: Ben Kingsley Hannah Taylor-gordon Run time: 189 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Robert DornhelmBestsellers in DVD
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