Does anyone know any interesting facts of the 1959 movie "The Diary of Anne Frank"?

Question

I have to do a research report for school on the making of the movie Anne Frank... do you know any facts on the movie (not the actual story, but the directing) Thanks, Ryan

Answer 1

Director Stevens had trouble getting suitable emotion from the actors when the American plane passes by. So, a record player was hidden in the sound stage and was set to play "The Star Spangled Banner" to evoke an emotional reaction from the American actors. (Good Grief!)

Audrey Hepburn was first offered the role of Anne Frank. She refused it for two reasons: she had decided to accept the role in Green Mansions (1959) and, more importantly, she had lived in occupied Holland during the war and had seen the Nazis carry out street executions and watched as they herded Jews onto boxcars to carry them to concentration camps. She knew that making the film would bring back memories that were far too painful for her.

Shelley Winters donated the best supporting actress Academy Award she won for the role of Mrs. Van Daan to the Anne Frank museum in Amsterdam.

George Stevens filmed the exteriors on location in Amsterdam around the actual house the family had hidden in, but recreated the hiding place as a set in a Hollywood sound stage. Great care was taken to make the film look as authentic as possible. Otto Frank and one of the men who had helped hide him and his family, Johannes Kleiman, were brought in as technical advisors to the props department so that the hiding place could be refurnished according to their memories. Some scenes were more authentic than expected; one point features Hendrik van Hoeve, the greengrocer who supplied black market vegetables to the hideaways, playing himself. A final scene which showed Millie Perkins as Anne in Auschwitz was filmed but cut from the edit after an unfavourable response from the test audience. Stevens replaced it with a more uplifting shot of the sky with a voice-over from Perkins. Although the film was not a commercial success and opened to mixed reviews it was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three.

Answer 2

there is extra advantageous than one version. the main broadly prevalent one is the action picture version from the 1950's with Millie Perkins as Anne Frank (I observed this one on t.v. returned interior the Seventies). i comprehend i've got watched a minimum of two made-for-t.v. diversifications as properly. The titles are each and each of a similar: The Diary of Anne Frank.

Answer 3

Yeah, it was impressive that Anne Frank was able to play herself in the film, because she was both blind and deaf.

Answer 4

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