The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank is a 1959 American 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, a Hollywood filmmaker previously involved with capturing evidence of concentration camps during the war, from a screenplay by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. It is the first film version of both the play and the original story, and features three members of the original Broadway cast.
Plot
In 1945, after World War II, Otto Frank returns to the Amsterdam garret where his family hid for more than 2 years before being arrested by the Nazis. He is accompanied by Miep Gies and Mr. Kraler, his Christian employees who shielded the Jewish Frank family and 4 others. When Otto searches for the diary kept by his youngest daughter, Anne, Miep promptly retrieves it for him.