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Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel once wrote that dramatizing the Holocaust was a futile task, not because dramatization could not be done, but because any such attempt would trivialize the corrupt inherent in the Nazi persecution of the Jews. Wiesel had superb reason for his conception, having directly experienced what circumstances were like at the Auschwitz death camp.
In one sense I agree with Wiesel; however, I also agree with those, such as director George Stevens, who believed that dramatization served the valuable purpose of informing the public of what occurred during the Nazi era. Further, as Otto Frank maintained, it was significant that audiences realized that what his family and other Jewish people endured was not something restricted to Jews, but was, rather, an object lesson for the persecution of all people forced to endure the tyranny of genocidal regimes.
In a sense, therefore, it�s inevitable that Stevens� filming of �The Diary of Anne Frank� both failed and succeeded. It failed in that it commercialized the Holocaust, as every dramatic production is forced to do. But it succeeded in its educational mission, especially considering that at the time of its release in 1959, few people were aware of Anne Frank�s diary, or of the Holocaust generally.
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Seeing the film today, it is serene a distinguished experience. Admittedly, as an aspect of its commercial treatment, positive elements were introduced that either were not in the fresh diary —- such as the stealing of bread by Albert Dussell (pseudonym of Friedrich Pfeffer) —- or were exaggerated for dramatic reasons (the admire interest between Anne and Peter Van Dann) . But the overall power of the basic set —- the intense atmosphere of tension and claustrophobia —- and the chronicle of Anne Frank�s adolescent transformation and her growing awareness of the transformation of Dutch society through Nazi oppression —- gives us a window on the Holocaust which is current. The film, like the diary, holds up a mirror of conscience in what must have seemed at the time to be a world of sprawling insanity. Anne Frank triumphs, as the Nazis emphatically did not, in transcending the contradictions within herself, and as a consequence her idealism shines through at the extinguish (even if this, too, was exaggerated for cinematic reasons) .
Millie Perkins, who plays Anne in the film, has sometimes been slighted for her ostensibly awkward performance, but I acquire this is a cynical and unjust criticism. For one thing, Perkins was not a trained actress, but rather a model who happened to have the just inspect and personality for the section. But as both the documentary and one of the other supplements on this DVD point out, this was precisely why George Stevens chose her for the role. He wanted an unknown actress, not a professional who would �impose� her persona on the character. He believed —- and I contemplate correctly —– that her watch of innocence, and aura of adolescent idealism, were perfect for what he desired, and it�s ultimately these qualities which price us by their difference with the horrific circumstances that surrounded her.
The other cast members are also favorable. Though Shelley Winters won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress, virtually all the actors, especially Joseph Schildkraut and Ed Wynn, are equally gleaming. In fact, Schildkraut not only physically resembled Otto Frank, but, according to Anne Frank�s cousin (interviewed as fraction of the accompanying documentary, �Echoes of the Past�), was also similar to him in terms of personality and demeanor. Wynn, for his section, turns in an amazingly convincing performance in a serious role, playing completely against type.
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Whatever the liberties taken by the screenplay writers for �Diary,� the film remains faithful to the core experiences related in Anne Frank�s journal —- both to her inner emotions and conflicts with her family, and to her widening awareness of her family�s position in the overall contrivance of Nazi dismay. The fact that this DVD transfers the film in such first-rate video and audio quality, and adds several profitable supplements (including a safe 90-minute documentary), makes this disc a radiant addition to anyone�s video collection.
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Restored to its fresh 180 miniature roadshow length (including overture and exit music), George Stevens’ CinemaScope production of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (1959, Fox) is a deeply intriguing and superbly acted movie experience. Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett adapted their Broadway expose, with a colorful Joseph Schildkraut (Otto Frank) and Gusti Huber (Mrs. Frank) repeating their stage roles. Added to a enormous cast are a very poignant and natural young Millie Perkins as Anne, Oscar winner Shelley Winters, Oscar nominee Ed Wynn in a bitter dramatic role, Diane Baker, and Richard Beymer as Anne’s boy friend.
It is heartrending material–a German Jewish family hiding out from the Nazis for two years in a Dutch attic, with Anne keeping a daily diary that was curiously ignored by the Nazis and has become one of the most notable Holocaust documents. (Maybe the same God who unforgivably let Anne and her sister die in a concentration camp only one month before war’s ruin helped conceal her diary for posterity.) Status filming was done in the right Amsterdam attic, with the sincere Otto Frank as technical advisor. The Oscar-winning B&W art direction re-creates the exact two tale attic interior to perfection (on big Fox sound stages), and Oscar-winning cinematographer William Mellor (PEYTON Space) worked miracles to develop wide CinemaScope compositions ogle minute and claustrophobic. Producer/director Stevens gives it all a nail-biting tension, even though we know the grim outcome because of the remarkable opening and closing framing method.
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Bonus material is outstanding–a feature-length documentary “Echoes From the Past.” current interviews with George Stevens, Jr. (who was second-unit director in Amsterdam) and a still-beautiful 66 year frail Millie Perkins, and Movietone Newsreel footage. You will need two evenings for this film masterpiece that was nominated for eight Oscars the same year as SOME LIKE IT HOT, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, BEN-HUR, and ANATOMY OF A Assassinate. That was some movie year! DIARY OF ANNE FRANK is an unforgettable Holocaust drama and movie experience when you have a three hour time slot.
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