The Diary of Anne Frank (2009)

Directed by

Jon Jones

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 5 episodes

Rated

L

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 372 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Jewish girl and her family hide from the Nazis in a secret annex in Amsterdam. She writes about her daily life, thoughts, and fears in her diary.

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What happens

The Diary of Anne Frank is a BBC adaptation, in association with France 2, of The Diary of a Young Girl originally written by Anne Frank from 1942 to 1944 and adapted for television by Deborah Moggach. It was shown from 5–9 January 2009 in five half-hour episodes. Representatives of the BBC have said that they "hope [that] this drama will bring Anne [Frank] alive to viewers of all generations." A DVD of the series was released on 12 January 2009. It also aired on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Public television in the United States on 11 April 2010, as part of its Masterpiece series. The American broadcast was cut from 150 minutes to 100 and broadcast in one evening instead of over five evenings. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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