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Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 08/28/2001 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 3 hrs 9 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Drama, Docudrama, Biopic [feature], Childhood Drama

Anne Frank was an ordinary girl forced by circumstances to bear witness to the most extraordinary tragedy of the 20th century, and the diary she left behind became one of the best known and most affecting documents of those who struggled to survive the Holocaust under Nazi occupation during World War II. Anne Frank is a four-hour television miniseries that retells the well-known story of the Frank family as they hid from Nazi occupation forces in an attic in Amsterdam between 1942 and 1944, but it also takes a look at the life Anne and her family led before the pogrom swept through Germany and Holland, as well as the harrowing details of the grim fate that awaited the Franks in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Hannah Taylor Gordon stars as Anne Frank, with Ben Kingsley as her father Otto, Jessica Manley as her sister Margot, Brenda Blethyn as Auguste Van Pels, and Lily Taylor as Miep Gies; the real-life Miep Gies, one of the Frank family's benefactors, served as a consultant to the producers of this project. Anne Frank (also advertised as Anne Frank: The Whole Story) was first aired by the ABC television network on May 20 and May 21, 2001. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Ben Kingsley - Otto Frank
Hannah Taylor-Gordon - Anne Frank
Brenda Blethyn - Auguste Van Pels
Tatjana Blacher - Edith Frank
Joachim Krol - Herman Van Pels

Robert Dornhelm's retelling of the story of Anne Frank comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. There are no subtitles on this release. Although the disc does a fine job of presenting this made-for-television film, the opportunity to include some historical content concerning the horror of the holocaust eluded the disc's producers, Disney/Buena Vista. That said, this disc offers a moving experience and an excellent springboard for discussion. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide