ID

FBW001473      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1959

Original Title

The Diary of Anne Frank

Other Title(s)

Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (German)
Le Journal d'Anne Frank

Directed by

George Stevens

Produced by

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY

Staff

Producer: George Stevens; Associate producer: George E. Stevens, Jr.; Location manager: M. Duke Abrahams (Außenaufnahmen); Director, var: George E. Stevens, Jr. (Location Director, Amsterdam); Assistent director: David Hall, Herbert Curiel, Hank Moonjean (Amsterdam); Script: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett; Based on: Anne Frank ("Het Achterhuis" / Tagebuch), Frances Goodrich (Bühnenstück), Albert Hackett (Bühnenstück); Camera: William C. Mellor; Cameraman: Sol Halprin (Head Cameraman), Irving Rosenberg, Jack Cardiff (Location Photography); Special optical effects: L.B. Abbott; Gaffer: Homer Plannette; Lighting: Homer Plannette; Editing: David Bretherton, Robert Swink, William Mace; Sound: William D. Flick, Harry M. Leonard; Art direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, George W. Davis; Technical consultant: Tony Van Renterghem; Set decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss; Props: M. Duke Abrahams; Costumes: Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills (Entwürfe); Makeup: Ben Nye; Haidressing: Helen Turpin; Music: Alfred Newman; Orchestration: Edward B. Powell

Cast

Millie Perkins (Anne Frank); Joseph Schildkraut (Otto Frank); Shelley Winters (Petronella Van Daan [Auguste van Pels]); Richard Beymer (Peter Van Daan [Peter van Pels]); Gusti Huber (Edith Frank); Lou Jacobi (Hans Van Dann [Hermann van Pels]); Diane Baker (Margot Frank); Douglas Spencer (Harry Kraler [Victor Gustav Kugler]); Dody Heath (Miep [Hermine "Miep" Santrouschitz Gies]); Ed Wynn (Albert Dussell [Dr. Friedrich "Fritz" Pfeffer]); Charles Wagenheim (Sneak Thief); Gretchen Goertz (Dutch Girl); Delmar Erickson (SS Man); Robert Boon (SS Man); Frank Tweddell (Night Watchman); William Kirschner (Workman in Shop); Arthur Berkeley (utch workman); Bruce Walkup (utch workman); John Corrydon (utch workman)

Length

4685 m / 171'14''

Format

35mm/farbe/1:2,35 (Cinemascope)

Dates

- 17 Mar 1959: Premiere, New York, NY
- 28 Aug 1959: First run, GFR

Abstract

Story of two Jewish Families hidden from the Nazis in Amsterdam. Based on the diary of Anne Frank and the play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.

Subject Terms

Amsterdam; Anne Frank Tagebuch; Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp); Netherlands

Holdings

- National Film and Television Archive (NFTA), London; 35mm

Distributor

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY (initially)

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Contents (detailed)

Director:
David Hall - Asst dir
Wesley McAfee - 2d asst dir
Authors:Anne Frank
Kermit Bloomgarden
Photography:
Gordon Meagher - Asst cam
William Jurginson - Asst cam
Gaston Longet - Stills
Jim Mitchell - Stills
Film Editor:
Pat Shade - Asst film ed
Larry Allen - Asst film ed
Hal Ashby - Asst film ed
George Leggewie - Asst film ed
Marion Rothman - Asst film ed
Harold Saylor - Asst film ed
Robert Kimball - Asst film ed
Set Decoration:
M. Duke Abrahams - Prop master
Jules Kahn - Props
George Westenhiser - Asst props
Josephine Brown - Women's ward, Garderobe
Reeder Boss - Men's ward, Garderobe
Clinton Sandeen - Men's ward dept, Garderobe
Music:
Paul Gilbert - Microphone boom op
William Buffinger - Sd rec
Allen Snyder - Makeup
Eddie Allen - Makeup
Harry Maret Jr. - Makeup
Ray Forman - Hairdresser
Ruby Felker - Hairdresser
Maurine McDermott - Women's body makeup
Production Misc:
Tony van Renterghen - Tech adv
F. Guiol - Tech adv
B. Aaronson - Tech adv
Sid Rogell - Exec prod mgr
Abe Steinberg - Asst prod mgr
Ben Kadish - Loc asst
Bob Gary - Scr supv
Fred Rezk - Grip
Sam Bischoff - Grip
Lloyd Phillips - Grip
John Murray - Grip
Les Berry - Grip
Frank Gilly - Grip and crane op
John del Valle - Unit pub
Carl Cabibi - Best boy
Owen McLean - Casting
George Light - Casting
Jim Buchanan - Casting
Harry Roberts - Boom
Hal Lombard - Boom
Otis Gunter - Cableman
Sam Fisher - Elec
Stand In:
Midge Pare - Stand-in for Millie Perkins
Ernest Brengke - Stand-in for Joseph Schildkraut
Rosemary O'Neill - Stand-in for Shelley Winters
George Boyce - Stand-in for Ed Wynn
Douglas Wall - Stand-in for Richard Beymer
Frances Mack - Stand-in for Gusti Huber and Diane Baker