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The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

★ 7.2 · 373 ratings on TMDB

Hollywood has never made a greater suspense story... a more tender love story... or a finer human drama!

The Diary of Anne Frank poster★ 7.2

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

DirectorGeorge Stevens
CastDiane Baker, Dodie Heath, Douglas Spencer, Ed Wynn, Gusti Huber, Joseph Schildkraut
GenresDrama, History
The emergence reading

The Diary of Anne Frank keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Shared director or cast.

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