Narrated by Kenneth Branagh and Glenn Close ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED features vintage newsreels photographs and even a rare home movie to look beyond the celebrated pages of Anne's diary. In surprising often emotional interviews with Anne's family friends and her heroic protector Miep Gies Anne'slife serves once more as an unforgettable symbol of--and tribute to--the many lives lost in the Holocaust.System Requirements:Run Time: 117 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: FOREIGN/LATIN Rating: PG UPC: 043396047433 Manufacturer No: 04743
Anne Frank has not been forgotten. More than 25 million copies of her diary--which has been turned into a play and a movie--have been sold. This intense, richly detailed documentary paints a broad portrait of Anne. Documentaries are a dime a dozen, but few stories are as truly powerful, as sincerely moving and poignant as Anne's. Director Jon Blair does a phenomenal job with this carefully detailed, thoughtful, emotional film (his previous documentary on Oskar Schindler so captivated Steven Spielberg that he was inspired to make Schindler's List). Blair unearths a 1980 interview with the only surviving member of the Frank family, Anne's father, Otto, who offers an unpublished portion of her diary. Blair also discovers previously unseen footage of her watching a 1941 wedding, the only known film of Anne to exist; it's a brief, but breathtaking image of a girl who inspired the world. Blair also interviews Peter Pepper, who hid with the Franks, and Hanneli Goslar, who befriended Anne and her sister at camp and depicts the Frank girls' last days. The most potent interview, though, is with Miep Gies, Otto's employee who risked her life to help the Franks. Gies, modest and not completely comfortable on camera, is so likable that she seems to embody Anne's touching words, spoken amidst the horror of their lives: "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." Kenneth Branagh narrates and Glenn Close reads Anne's diary excerpts. --N.F. Mendoza
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anne frank remembered:
One of the most poignant documentaries of all time. Picture quality is,I think,a little below par. But excellent service from this seller.
Exceptional Documentary Tribute!:
Far more than a simple tribute, this is the most comprehensive and detailed documentary about Anne Frank available. It uses original and archive interviews with the people who knew Anne. That being said, it is also the longest and some people have a hard time sitting through it. It covers Anne's childhood through the time in hiding and finally what we know of her time in the concentration camps. It's also notable for the first time ever meeting of Peter Pepper (Fritz Pheffer/Mr Dussel's son) and Miep Gies.... more info
Wonderful Documentary!:
This film is filled with info abotu Anne Frank and her life in hiding. I most wonderful thing about it is that it shows places where Anne Frank was like the Montessori school, Secret Annex, and Bergen-Belsen. I highly recommend the film for Anne Frank lovers.
Anne Frank Remembered:
This is a good documentary of the life of Anne Frank and those people involved in her life. There is information about her family and the people that lived with her and helped her family in her 2 years of hiding before going to the concentration camp. Most information is told through her diary and feedback from an interview type setting of those who lived to tell the tale. There is only one clip of Anne lasting about 3 seconds. This is a very informative documentary no actors are involved in this film.
