Movie
The Diary of Anne Frank
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1959-03-18
- Runtime
- 179 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- George Stevens Jr. Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Millie Perkins as Anne Frank
- Joseph Schildkraut as Otto Frank
- Shelley Winters as Petronella Van Daan
- Richard Beymer as Peter Van Daan
- Gusti Huber as Edith Frank
- Lou Jacobi as Hans Van Daan
- Diane Baker as Margot Frank
- Douglas Spencer as Kraler
- Dodie Heath as Miep Gies
- Ed Wynn as Albert Dussell
- Robert Boon as SS Man (uncredited)
- Delmar Erickson as SS Man (uncredited)
Crew
- George Stevens - Director
- Albert Hackett - Screenplay
- Frances Goodrich - Screenplay
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