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Netherlands released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: During the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Otto Frank decides to hide his family, who are Jewish, after his daughter Margot is called to appear for transport to a Nazi labour camp. Miep Gies, Otto Frank's office assistant hides them in the attic above the office. The film tells the true story of Gies' struggle to keep the family hidden and safe, as the Nazis turn Amsterdam upside-down. Based upon Gies' memoirs and Anne Frank's famous diary. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Emmy Awards, ...The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (NL)
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By B. Olsen
Format:DVD
The well-known story of Anne Frank and the others hiding in that attic in Amsterdam for years, is of course as heartbreaking as ever. This film's different angle of putting their helper Miep Gies in the main role rather than Anne herself, should make it a valuable addition to our knowledge about the terrible events of those years. Unfortunately, it fails badly. Mary Steenburgen's performance as Miep Gies is unbelieveably wooden and often overacted to an almost comic degree. Neither is she alone in wooden acting, although in fairness not all characters are as badly played as hers. It does not help much that almost everybody speaks with horribly fake accent, Dutch and Germans alike. Oh yes, the Germans. In the film, they are all portrayed as sneering creeps, reminding me of those wartime propaganda films. Realism is not always on display either. At the end of the film, when Hans Frank (Paul Scofield) returns from concentration camp, he looks exactly like he did before he was arrested. Even his hairstyle has not changed! At only 95 minutes, this is not a very long film, yet it seemed to go on forever. Sadly, this film is an opportunity missed. Don't waste your time or money on it.
By Felek
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This film is a biography of Miep Gies and concentrates surprisingly lightly on Anne herself. The 2001 or BBC versions depict the story of Anne's hiding much better.
Saying that, the film is interesting enough as it shows a different angle on the situation, and just how crucial Miep was to their hiding
Saying that, the film is interesting enough as it shows a different angle on the situation, and just how crucial Miep was to their hiding
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Since my daughter was asked to view a film on Anne Frank as an introduction to studies of WW2 in Elementary, which she does not by any means have any easy time with since it deeply effects her feelings, I had to choose carefully. I must say that this dve tells the tragic tale truthfully but doesn't have any horrific scenes that would be too much for a child, of course their are some upsetting and very sad scenes due what the poor Jewish people had to go through. I would recommend this for those that have to keep childrens viewing in mind.
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