Alfred Newman - The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) - Main Title

This is one of the greatest and most heartbreaking pieces of cinema I have ever seen. It portrays the story of Anne Frank and her family as the are in hiding in a secret annex above a spice factory during WWII. The Franks are populated by Otto and Edith Frank, Anne's parents and her sister Margot. Also in hiding in the Annex were the van Dams, (Anne's pen name for them), Hermann, Auguste and their son Peter, who were later joined by Fritz Pfieffer (in the film named Mr. Dussel).
Only Otto Frank survived once the Annex was found out.

It is hard to think of anything else to say about Anne Frank and her story, if only because there is so much that cannot be put into words. Let me just say that her and her diary have had a profound impact upon my life like no other book of any kind ever has, and I know her diary has done the smae for countless amounts of people all over the world.

The film version is one of the most heart-wrenching movies you will ever see.

Directed by: George Stevens
Cast: Millie Perkins, Shelly Winters, Joseph Schildkraut, Richard Beymer, Diane Baker.
Music: Alfred Newman

Based off of Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl.

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[titanicpiano14]

Check out my piano rendition of the Main Themes from Anne Frank!

[majemaje0805]

The role of Anne of the movie Anne's diary likes Millie Perkins

from japan

[RetardedShit1]

@lindsayexculpated

Right?! Its just awesome!

[shaneu1]

I saw the film last evening for the first time in several years. I had forgotten what a hypnotic and ultimately, "draining" experience viewing it can be. At the end, I turned the TV off, thinking, "after that, anything else I might view would be a disappointment." Moreover, this film is the kind that lingers in one's mind for days, the memory revisiting and replaying scenes time and again. The same is true of AN's transcendent score, which is on my list of ten best film scores in cinema history.

[lindsayexculpated]

@RetardedShit1 thats exactly how i felt about this music when i first heard it! there is something truly magical about it!!!

[RetardedShit1]

Everytime I hear this song I break down because the beauty is just so overwhelming. This song is literally the sonnet to my soul. Some may feel differently but this song is purely perfection (and music) to my ears

[Juliaflo]

Anneliese Marie Frank would have just turned 82.

[ButterflyQueene07]

So beautiful! I could almost cry.

Peter (Richard Beymer) is so handsome. Btw, how do you pronounce "Beymer"? I always have a difficult time figuring it out.

RIP, Anne. You will always be remembered.

[askimbenimbabam]

hey i was wondering what does her diary help us to do?

[ZPopZRock]

I visitied Anne Frank's hideout when I was in Amsterdam years ago. This is another very important post!

----------Ellen