Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001)

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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… More 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, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 4 hr.
Directed By: Robert Dornhelm
Written By: Kirk Ellis
Genres: Drama, Television

In Theaters: May 20, 2001 Wide
On DVD: Aug 28, 2001

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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
Lili Taylor overacts so horribly she all but ruins the movie.

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Wahida K

When the war began, she was only a little girl. When it ended she was the voice of a generation. I like every version of Anne Fank.
Dean M

This is an extraordinary true story and the saddest TV movie I ever seen as well as Anne Frank is one of my favourite biopics since I read the novel of her diary when I was in Year 8. Hannah Taylor Gordon is a revelation. She looks just like Anne Frank but,more importantly, manages… More
This is an extraordinary true story and the saddest TV movie I ever seen as well as Anne Frank is one of my favourite biopics since I read the novel of her diary when I was in Year 8. Hannah Taylor Gordon is a revelation. She looks just like Anne Frank but,more importantly, manages to capture her wide-eyed optimism and indomitable spirit perfectly. It's truly heart breaking to see her at the end, her spirit finally broken and all her hope gone. Gordon is so believable in her role, it's almost scary. Ben Kingsley is also wonderful as Anne's father. You really believe they are a father and a daughter. The other actors are good too, but Gordon and Kingsley really stand out.
Dannielle A

Even though I couldn't possibly imagine what it might be like to be stripped of your humanity and degraded like an animal, this movie captures a picture of what it might be like in a concentration camp. I couldn't stop crying at the part where Anne was separated from her… More
Even though I couldn't possibly imagine what it might be like to be stripped of your humanity and degraded like an animal, this movie captures a picture of what it might be like in a concentration camp. I couldn't stop crying at the part where Anne was separated from her family and then when she did all she could to keep her sister alive while people stole their food and clothes and fleas infested her body and scabies and typhoid. Reading Anne's diary before seeing the movie helped me feel that I knew her. She was so much like me and so wise beyond her years. I enjoyed finding random quotations from her diary laced through the movie. It was a very accurate and startling portrayal.
Lea L

Good movie..