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The Diary of Anne Frank (1967 film)

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The Diary of Anne Frank was a 1967 TV movie based on the book The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. The teleplay was directed by Alex Segal and it was adapted from play of the same name by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich. The movie starred Max von Sydow, Diana Davila, Peter Beiger, Theodore Bikel and Lili Palmer.[1]

Summary

In 1942, the Nazi-occupied Netherlands has become a place where Jews are being captured and murdered by the Nazis. Otto Frank (Max von Sydow) and his family go into hiding in the office building of his company, Opekta, assisted by his Christian friends and co-workers . During this uncomfortable time in hiding, Otto's teenaged daughter, Anne Frank (Diana Davila), describes in her diary the circumstances of life inside the "annex."

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