Anne Frank Remembered (PG)
Powerful look at the Holocaust through teen eyes.
(Flash is loading. If this text does not disappear you need to install the latest flash version)
Seen the movie?
Movie details
- Studio: Columbia Tristar
- Cast: Glenn Close, Kenneth Branagh
- Running Time: 117 minutes
- Release Date: 04/11/1995
- Video/DVD Release Date: 04/22/1997
- Genre: Documentary
- MPAA Rating: PG
- MPAA Explanation: mature themes
Parents need to know
Parents need to know that this program provides an emotional and educational experience that parents and their older children can share, but families may want to discuss beforehand what they know of the Holocaust, and the types of images the video is likely to show. Young viewers may be frightened by the chilling descriptions of the Holocaust. Although intensely emotional, the stories of survival under the most abominable of conditions are well worth hearing for those with a budding interest in the subject. Highly encouraged for anyone who's read -- or is interested in reading -- Anne Frank's famous diary, this documentary gives a human face to one of the greatest atrocities of our time.
Families can talk about the feelings that come up after watching the film, as well as the effect on hatred on people's lives.
Families can talk about the feelings that come up after watching the film, as well as the effect on hatred on people's lives.
Message
Social Behavior:
The willingness of some to harbor Jews at the risk of their own lives is shown, as well as the ingenious measures some took in pre-planning for their own survival.
Consumerism:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Violence
Some brutal and heartrending descriptions of violence. The subject matter makes for an intensely emotional viewing experience. Briefly, grainy footage shows victims' starved and naked bodies, stacked and awaiting disposal.
Sex
Language
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Scott G. Mignola
Through interviews with schoolmates, relatives, camp survivors, and the family's heroic protector, Miep Gies, this documentary completes the story of young Anne Frank and her desperate last days. Archival footage and photographs punctuate their incredible stories of loss and survival. "She is perhaps Hitler's best-known victim. Her book has sold more than 25 million copies and has been translated into at least 55 languages." So begins this deeply affecting account not just of the tragedy that befell Anne Frank and her family, but also of the lives of millions of Jews stamped out during the German death marches of World War II.
Is it any good?
Director Jon Blair (returning to familiar territory following his 1982 film Schindler) exercises integrity and restraint in the making of this difficult picture, for which he was awarded a Best Documentary Feature Oscar. Kenneth Branagh's narration is straightforward, as are Glenn Close's off-camera readings from the now-famous diaries. Neither actors "perform" here; they're doing a job, and they do it with simple dignity.
No attempt is made to sensationalize the accounts of those whose lives touched Anne Frank's. The stories spoken by survivors and relatives (among them Anne's beloved father Otto, from an earlier interview) generate enough pain and drama for several movies. The video provides an emotional and educational experience that parents and their older children can share, but families may want to discuss beforehand what they know of the Holocaust, and the types of images the video is likely to show.
Other choices
|
Parents and kids say
Be the first to post a review.
or 
to post a review
Which fantasy book creature has the best name?
Fluffy (3-headed dog, Harry Potter)
33%
Mister Grin (giant crocodile, Peter and the Starcatchers)
33%
Vermicious Knid (shapeshifting monster, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator)
0%
The Incredibly Deadly Viper (harmless snake, Series of Unfortunate Events)
0%
Bunnicula (vampire bunny, Bunnicula series)
33%
6 votes