Tue Nov 16 20:38:04 EET 2010

The Diary of Anne Frank movie review

I do hold interest into Jewish culture, as one of the cultures which has some similarities with the Christianity,
the old testament is actually a book the jewish hold as a holy as well or at least the biggest part of it.

In that manner of thought, just recently I googled for the top most popupar Jewish movies and one of them that I come up with was called The Diary of Anne Frank

The version I've watched is actually a bit more modern since there is also a version of 1959.
The story I've red is based on a Dutch book literally translated to The Diary of a Young Girl

The whole story is about a jewish young girl that in her teenage and is basicly growing in a hiding somewhere in Amsterdam surrounded by her family and a couple of other jewish families.
The whole action develops during the progress of the Second World War (1942-1944).

The story tries to presents the hardness of the Jewish life in this days by taking a close look into the daily life of a few families who are hiding in Amsterdam in order to escape the Nazi's concentration camps.

The movie triggers a lot of emotions but generally is nothing special I actually expected a bit more after reading some positive reviews on the internet.
Anyways there is also good things in the movie among which is the excellent actors play.

The rest however is nothing special and doesn't too much present the Jewish tradition and culture (as I've expected), at least doesn't get into detail of Jewish tradition like the Fiddler on the Roof musical movie

Anyhow if you're of this people that like so much the slow progressing moviews without too much action, then you might like it.
You can see a little bit of the movie in youtube, if you want to get a general idea what to expect: