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The Diary of Anne Frank

Movie · 1959 · 152 min

A quietly devastating, intimate portrait of hope and confinement that lingers long after the credits.

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1959 film directed by George Stevens
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Year
1959
Runtime
152 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • family
  • survival
  • coming-of-age
  • faith
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism9
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama, war, biographical, coming-of-age, Holocaust
Directed by
George Stevens
Written by
Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich
Starring
Shelley Winters, Joseph Schildkraut, Diane Baker, Ed Wynn, Richard Beymer, Millie Perkins, Edmund Purdom, Lou Jacobi
Music
Alfred Newman
Cinematography
William C. Mellor
Runtime
152 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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