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Summary: A wonderful Story
Review: ... Hannah Taylor Gordon does a wonderful job as Anne herself and the roles of the others make her role shine. Ben Kingsley the man who played Otto looks so much like the real him. The lady who played Miep I think her name is Lilly Taylor is perfect for the job. Jessica Manely as Margot is so pretty and just blooms whenever she comes on screen. They also open up what is was like for the family in the concentration camps. I highly recommend this movie for older Holocaust readers, it is the best Anne Frank movie I have ever seen!
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Summary: Anne Frank - The Whole Story; a truly moving film:
Review: Anne Frank - The Whole Story was probably the most moving film I have ever watched.If you're going to order it, get the handkerchief or tissues out for the end because the scenes of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp and the way all those poor, innocent Jews were treated are so distressing. I think Hannah Taylor Gordon was such a good look-alike to Anne Frank and played her part so well; if the real Anne Frank were still alive, you could put the two girls side by side and they'd look so alike.
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Summary: AS POWERFUL AS SCHINDLER'S LIST ( Anne Frank 4 1/2 stars)
Review: Anne Frank gets 4 1/2 stars, NOT 4.ANNE FRANK is the powerful story of a teenage girl put through the horrors of the concentration camps. This is the only movie I have ever seen that made me break down and cry. This movie in some ways is more powerful than Schindlers List (which is another powerful concentration camp drama)because it put these people in prospective. It felt like you knew Anne, she was easy to identify with, so you felt what she was going though throughout the whole movie. Disturbingly powerful, I loved this movie.
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Summary: Excellent, realistic, much better than the other versions!
Review: Anne Frank, the Whole Story stars Ben Kinsley as Otto Frank and Hannah Taylor-Gordon as Anne. This 180 minute Israeli production starts out in Amsterdam just before WWII starts. Hannah does bear a striking resemblance to Anne...you do have to overlook her obvious Britishness. The beginning starts out in a tame atmosphere, so if you know the story you may be a bit bored with the everydayness of Anne's depiction pre-Annex.
And considering the striving for authenticity Mr. van Pels (Joachim Król) makes a couple jokes that were English language puns, i.e. they don't work in Dutch.
But when the Franks go into hiding we begin to get engrossed. We are shown the empty annex (as it stills looks today) and soon we are seeing the story through Kingsley's eyes. And life in the Annex is given a realism where the people get on your nerves as well as Anne's. Lili Taylor does a great job as Miep Gies, the helper who saves the diary.
And we are shown exactly how they are betrayed, and what happens afterwards. A segment at Westerbork Transit camp, then Auschwitz, then Bergen-Belsen, all very accurate and harrowing in depiction. Importantly we are shown what actually happened to Anne, and Kingsley's quiet sense of loss really forces empathy.
At the end we are given text which shows what happened to each person in the Annex, and it says "Aside from the Bible, Anne's Diary is the world's most widely read work of nonfiction". Well, I guess noone had the guts to bring up to the producers that the Bible is a work of fiction (unless you believe in Adam and Eve, Moses, 7 day creation, etc.)
This is by far the best version of Anne Frank's story on film.
The 1959 one is good as the first major film ever to address the Holocaust (albeit indirectly), the 1980 Melissa Gilbert one was pathetic, so see this one and the documentaries.
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Summary: I never actually know what Anne went through- now I do
Review: ANNE FRANK: THE WHOLE STORY has probably been the best Anne Frank movie i have ever seen in my whole entire life. Not only was the acting sensational, but whenever I think of Anne Frank, i think of this movie version because she looks so alike to the real tennage jewish girl, who hid in the secret annexe for the last two years of her life.
My whole family are totally sick of her, but i dont know how they could be seriously.
I dont kno whether i could find anyone more heroic, than the frank's. This was a touching, moving movie, and i am goin to see it often in the near children.
HANNAH TAYLOR GORDON was great and she deserved about tenoscars for her role in Anne Frank.
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Summary: Anne Frank A Truly Touching Miniseries
Review: Anne Frank: The Whole Story is a movie that goes beyond what almost all Holocaust stories do. It is touching to the human spirit and how Anne's soul never gave up until the very end. Hannah Taylor Gordon, who was in Jakob the Liar, turns in a superb performance as the Anne Frank. She is able to show us how Anne reacted to everyday life and the inevitable death of her sister, Margot. Ben Kingsley is amazing as Otto Frank, a quiet subdued man who loved his family and was the only one to survive.
The most extraordinary part of this miniseries is the fact that the story keeps on going after they are taking to the Nazi concentration camp. We are seeing the unthinkable horrors and how fortunate we are to have not been a Jew prisoner in that camp. The pain and suffering of Anne and Margot is so well brought up that we feel sorry for these girls with dreams of the future. It is no wonder that this earned an Emmy nomination.
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Summary: Why Anne Frank Is the Best
Review: Anne Frank: The Whole Story to me actually told me allot about her life that I didn't even know. I've seen movies about anne frank but none like this it's very interesting and it also tells a little history of there lifestyle as jews and knowing Adolf Hitler was out to destroy them. and when she died at 15 years old even today she remains a spot light to young readers and remains in history she told you about her life in her diary the movie goes beyond that so in other words the movie is the best movie in the world
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Summary: Great movie!
Review: As a middle school history teacher, I found that my students responded well to this film, as it is more recent and very well performed. It depicts the concentration camps with shocking reality and gives my students a look at the truth. Though very long, there are portions that can give some necessary insight into WWII. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: History Teacher recommends
Review: As a middle school history teacher, I found that my students responded well to this film, as it is more recent and very well performed. It depicts the concentration camps with shocking reality and gives my students a look at the truth. Though very long, there are portions that can give some necessary insight into WWII. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Our Anne
Review: As i write this review, this film is just finishing up, and I must say, this is one of the most moving accounts of Anne Frank that I've seen to date. We all know the story of Anne Frank, how it started, and what a complete tragic end of her life; and more importantly, what hope she brought to the world that killed her. This film is a remarkable, incredible retelling of the life of Anne Frank. The reasons why this film soars, aboslutely soars, are numerous. First, the film tells the complete story, from before the Franks hid in the Annex, until her final days in the concentration camp. Whereas some films tend to linger solely on Anne's days in the Annex, this wider focus gives us the larger picture. Anne's time in captivity is heart wrenching; we have fallen in love with the tempestuous, darling girl and to see her solely fade away is devastating. It serves as a testament both to the millions lost, and the one girl that would write a book to change the world. Secondly, the performances in this movie are amazing. Ben Kingsley and Brenda Blethyn lend their star-stature names to this project, and turn in performances that are real and dignified. Favorite Lili Taylor, who is one of America's most talented actressses, gives a quiet, powerful performance as Miep Gies. It's Hannah Taylor Gorden, as Anne, brings Anne to life with complexity and grace. Gordon honors Anne in every scene, never deifying the girl, but making her real, human. She even writes the way Anne did, holding the pen as Anne would have held it. That attention to detail does not go unnoticed by those of us who love Anne. It was a perfect match of actress and role. Third, this film is visually beautiful. Often, you expect a "lower" standard of technical excellence in a television film. Rightfully so, ABC and the director, Robert Dornhelm, give this film a professional style. There are several scenes where you are just in awe, apart from the incredible story. It was sad for me to learn that this film was not endorsed by the Anne Frank Foundation, because the film was based on a biography not approved by the foundation. Whereas I think its important to have the Foundation so Anne's life can be told in a honest way, they should have seen the film before making a judgment. This movie is a beautiful testament to a beautiful life, and it should be free from any political wranglings like this. By the final scene, when Miep gives Otto Frank his daughter's diary, and he travels back into the Annex to look at it, my heart was breaking. Anne didn't live to see the effect she'd have on the world, but I think for all of us, we have adopted Anne as our own daughter or sister. She belongs to the world now, and we are responsible to take care of her, to make sure her story is told generation after generation, to honor her life by ensuring nothing like this ever happens in history again.
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