The Diary Of Anne Frank DVD

Advantages: A new look at Anne's world, fascinating footage
Disadvantages: The second documentary has faults

...I have been fascinated by the life of Anne Frank since I was young and I read her diary. My Mum had been interested too and it was her copy of the book that I read. As an adult, my interest has extended and I have not only read many books on the Frank family but also biographies and autobiographies of other victims of concentration camps and survivors. So when I saw this DVD on Ebay for £12.99, I found it easy to click on ‘Buy it now’. (I usually do!) Having watched it in its entirety, I thought it was worth a review. Anne’s story is one that everyone should be aware of and this DVD provides a slightly different angle to the books or the films. Dear Kitty contains two documentaries – Remembering Anne Frank (51 minutes, 1999) and The Short Life Of Anne Frank (28 minutes, 2002). There are no extras on the DVD, only scene access, so don... Read review

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Advantages: honest and moving film of an important story
Disadvantages: will make even the most heard hearted person cry

...****************************************************************** TITLE: Anne Frank RATING: ***** CAST: Ben Kingsley,Brenda Blethyn ,Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Tatjana Blacher, Joachim Król ,Jessica Manley, Nicholas Audsley ,Jan Niklas ,Lili Taylor , Peter Bolhuis,Victoria Anne Brown ,Jeff Caster,Rob Das, Holger Daemgen DIRECTOR: Robert Dornhelm SCREENWRITER: Melissa Müller (book) Kirk Ellis (teleplay) STUDIO: Buena Vista Home Entertainment RATED: 12 DVD AVAILABILITY: Available from www.Amazon.co.uk at £4.97. (ASIN: B0001NIY0E) DVD RELEASE DATE: 12 July 2004 ****************************************************************** INTRODUCTION ****************************************************************** Anne Frank is a story most people already know something about. The second best selling work... Read review

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Advantages: one fo the best films made throughtout history
Disadvantages: nothing

...Director : Robert Dornhelm Producer : Kirk Ellis,David R. Kappes Screenwriter : Kirk Ellis Starring : Hannah Taylor-Gordon,Ben Kingsley,Brenda Blethyn,Tatjana Blacher,Joachim Król,Jessica Manley,Nick Audsley,Jan Niklas,Lili Taylor,Peter Bolhuis,Victoria Anne Brown,Jeff Caster,Rob Das,Holger Daemgen,Cees Geel,Michaela Horáková,Johannes Silberschneider,Jade Williams,Nicholas Audsley,Nicky Kantor I first watched this film on television which was a drama series which had two parts having watched the first part of the film I become more interested about the Nazi war that had gone on in 1940's but the second part I missed due to having the be called into work so I went out and bought the DVD. The story began by the tale for the young girl Anne frank that was born in Frankfurt, Germany. She and family were betrayed to the Gestapo... Read review

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