1959 · drama · war · biography
The Diary of Anne Frank
Directed by George Stevens2h 59m1959
The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
Our read: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · war · biography entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / war, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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