Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The diary of Anne Frank / Darlow Smithson Productions, IMG Entertainment, in association with France 2 for BBC ; adapted for the screen by Deborah Moggach ; produced by Elinor Day ; directed by Jon Jones.

Publisher, Date:

[London] : Darlow Smithson Productions, 2008.

[Plano, TX] : Well Go USA, [2009]

Description:

1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

The story of a young girl who had to go into hiding during World War II for being different. Anne Frank's diary manages to create a truthful and timeless picture of domestic life in all its pettiness and normalcy, while never letting us forget the extraordinary threat of death that awaits the characters if they are discovered. This is the first authorized film based on actual entries of the real diary.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: TVPG.

Subjects:

Frank, Anne, 1929-1945 -- Drama.

Jews -- Persecutions -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Netherlands -- Drama.

Hiding places -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- Drama.

Jewish teenagers -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- Drama.

Genre:

Television mini-series.

Biographical television programs.