The Diary of Anne Frank

This film is adapted from the famous autobiographical work by Anne Frank, a Jewish girl killed during the Holocaust. During the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, Anne (Melissa Gilbert), and her parents (Maximilian Schell, Joan Plowright) are forced to take refuge with another Jewish family, the van Daans, in an attic in Amsterdam. Though tragedy draws ever nearer, Anne retains her hope and humanity, eventually developing a bond with the van Daans' teenage son, Peter (Scott Jacoby). …