Anne Frank: The Whole Story (TV Mini Series 2001)

Won 2 Primetime Emmys
- 15 wins & 32 nominations total

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Ben Kingsley

Otto Frank

Hannah Taylor Gordon

Anne Frank

Lili Taylor

Miep Gies

Brenda Blethyn

Auguste Rottgen-van Pels

Carly Wijs

Ruth Goslar

Jessica Manley

Margot Frank

Tatjana Blacher

Edith Hollander-Frank

Jean-Luc Julien

Various Characters

Joachim Król

Hermann van Pels

Nicholas Audsley

Peter van Pels

Jan Niklas

Fritz Pfeffer

Peter Bolhuis

Victor Kugler

Victoria Anne Brown

Jacque van Maarsen

Jeff Caster

Lammert Hartog

Rob Das

Jan Gies

Cees Geel

Wilhelm van Maaren

Holger Daemgen

Sergeant Silberbauer

Michaela Horáková

Sanne Ledermann

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Trivia
Steven Spielberg was to be the executive producer, but declined after receiving a letter from Anne Frank's relatives asking him not be involved with the project because it was not based on the authorized account of Frank's life.

Goofs
In the movie, the address given to the Germans of the hiding place over the telephone by the supposed informer is incorrect. The informer says the address is 263 Lindtstradt, but was actually 263 Prinsengracht. It still exists today as the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam. The real betrayer of the hiding place has never been revealed or proven beyond only circumstantial evidence. The informer depicted in the movie is based on the belief of Melissa Muller, who wrote the book (Anne Frank: A Biography) that the movie is largely based on. In her book "The Hidden Life of Otto Frank" by Carol Ann Lee, which was published in 2002 and revised in 2003, an entirely different theory as to the identity of the informer is presented. Officially, the identity of the actual informer that betrayed those in the hiding place has never been conclusively determined and most likely never will be, as most of those that would be able to shed more light on the subject have since died.

Quotes
Margot Frank: Do you remember how - how I was always taking care of you when you were little?
Anne Frank: Well, it's my turn to take care of you now.
Margot Frank: It doesn't matter anymore.
Anne Frank: No! You can't leave me here.
Margot Frank: Tell me a story, Anne. I used to love your stories.
Anne Frank: Pim's stories were always much better than mine. Poor Pim.
Margot Frank: But you're still going to be a writer though, aren't you? And he'd like that. Do you remember how we talked about it? About - about what we were going to do, after the war?
Anne Frank: And what were you going to be?
Margot Frank: I can't - I can't remember.
Anne Frank: Yes, you can. You have to! You wanted to be a nurse. That's what you told me.
Margot Frank: That's right. A nurse. A nurse in - in Palestine.
Anne Frank: Paris or London, that's where I'm going. To see the world.
Margot Frank: To see the world...

Connections
Featured in The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2001)

The continuing story of Anne Frank

I was skeptical of this TV movie when I found out it was not based on Anne's diary, but on a biography of Anne Frank written by Melissa Muller. I am sure I am not the only one who wondered if any truth would be presented. I was pleasantly surprised.

I have just finished watching the second half of this movie on ABC. The scenes of the concentraion camps are horrific, and really tug at your heart. I can only imagine what these camps were like for the real people and how survivors live life today. Since the story wasn't told from Anne's diary, the viewers got another view of the short but significant life Anne lived, headed by a wonder all-star cast. The movie began with Anne in 1936 and ended upon her death at Bergen-Belsen in 1945.

Hannah Taylor-Gordon was excellent as Anne. At first I wondered if she was too young (at age 14) to portray such a dramatic role, but as Anne grew, Hannah grew as well. Ben Kingsley and Tatjana Blacher played Anne and Margot's parents wonderfully, and the rest of the cast added to the beauty, horror, and passion of the film: Lili Taylor, Rob Das, Brenda Blethyn, and many more.