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elleng

(130,865 posts) Mon Nov 16, 2020, 12:31 PM Nov 2020

*8:00 pm The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

2h 50m | Drama | TV-PG
A young girl comes of age while hiding from the Nazis.
Director: George Stevens. Cast: Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters

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*8:00 pm The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) (Original Post) elleng Nov 2020 OP

I was in Catholic elementary school when this came out angstlessk Nov 2020 #1

My mother appeared in a local production of the play as Mrs. Frank about forty years ago. Aristus Nov 2020 #2

Have you seen the BBC version - 5 part series Kashkakat v.2.0 Nov 2020 #3

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)

1. I was in Catholic elementary school when this came out

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Nov 16, 2020, 12:41 PM

Nov 2020

The only field trip to a movie was to see this film. I'm not sure if the whole school went the same day or was staggered.

Most of us kids cried our eyes out.

Aristus

(66,318 posts)

2. My mother appeared in a local production of the play as Mrs. Frank about forty years ago.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Nov 16, 2020, 01:21 PM

Nov 2020

After which, I read the book. It plunged me into a depression that lasted a couple of years. It didn't help that was when I hit adolescence.

Kashkakat v.2.0

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3. Have you seen the BBC version - 5 part series

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Nov 16, 2020, 03:21 PM

Nov 2020

Acting, screenplay, set/costume design - all first rate. Maybe cos of the greater length they were able to get much deeper into the story and the characters - esp. Anne. Totally believable as a 13 yr old girl. The final scenes are absolutely devastating. It was streaming on Netflix, not sure if it still is.

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