Anne Frank - The Whole Story

original title:
Anne Frank - The Whole Story
country / year of production:
USA , Czech Republic / 2001
original length:
240 min. , color
premiere:
20 May 2001
genre:
docu dram
based on:
Anneliese Schütz (ed.). Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 1950.
director:
Robert Dornhelm
film script:
Kirk Ellis , Melissa Müller
producer:
David R. Kappes
cinematographer:
Elemér Ragályi
editor:
Christopher Rouse
composer:
Graeme Revell
cast (role):
Ben Kingsley (Otto Frank) , Hannah Taylor-Gordon (Anne Frank) , Brenda Blethyn (Auguste Rotgten-van Pels) , Tatjana Blacher (Edith Hollander-Frank) , Joachim Król (Hermann van Pels) , Ben Kingsley , Hannah Taylor-Gordon , Brenda Blethyn , Tatjana Blacher , Joachim Król
more:
plot synopsis:
This film is based on the famous diary of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who was hiding with her family in Amsterdam during the time of the Nazi-regime and who was betrayed, deported and died shortly before the end of war in Bergen Belsen.
keywords:
made-for-TV film , Holocaust , occupation , based on a true story , youth during wartime , denunciation
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Anne Frank. Het Achterhuis. Dagboekbrieven van 14 juni 1942 tot 1 augustus 1944. Amsterdam: Contact, 1947.

Volker Jakob, Annet van der Voort: Anne Frank war nicht allein: Lebensgeschichten deutscher Juden in den Niederlanden. Berlin: Dietz, 1988.

Ernst Schnabel. Anne Frank - Spur eines Kindes: Ein Bericht. Frankfurt a.M.: Fischer-Taschenbuch Verlag, 1997.
remarks:
Homepage: http://www.abc.go.com/primetime/movies/annefrank/frank_home.html

Was filmed in Prague.

Won two "Emmys" in 2001.
availability:
VHS NTSC, DVD