The Diary Of Anne Frank (1959)

Biographical drama film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1955 play of the same name, which was in turn based on the posthumously published diary of Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl who lived in hiding in Amsterdam with her family during World War II.

It was directed by George Stevens, with a screenplay by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, is the first film version of both the play and the original story, and features three members of the original Broadway cast.

Millie Perkins in

The Diary Of Anne Frank (1959)

Directed by George Stevens

Written by

Frances Goodrich

Albert Hackett

Based on

The Diary of Anne Frank 1955 by

Frances Goodrich

Albert Hackett

and

The Diary of a Young Girl 1947 by

Anne Frank

Produced by

George Stevens

Cinematography

William C. Mellor

Edited by

David Bretherton

William Mace

Robert Swink

Music by Alfred Newman

Cast

Millie Perkins as Anne Frank

Joseph Schildkraut as Otto Frank (reprising his stage role)

Shelley Winters as Petronella van Daan

Richard Beymer as Peter van Daan

Gusti Huber as Edith Frank (reprising her stage role)

Lou Jacobi as Hans van Daan (reprising his stage role)

Diane Baker as Margot Frank

Douglas Spencer as Mr. Kraler

Dodie Heath as Miep

Ed Wynn as Albert Dussel