The Diary Of Anne Frank (1959)

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Nominated for eight Academy Awards® including Best Picture, this remarkable film won Best Supporting Actress for Shelley Winters, Best Cinematography (Black-And-White) and Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black-And-White). An extraordinary portrayal of humanity set during one of history's most inhumane periods, The Diary of Anne Frank features Millie Perkins as the insightful 13-year-old biographer of her family's two year hiding in an Amsterdam attic. At first, the strong-willed teenager embraces her fugitive lifestyle as an adventure. But in time, the ever-increasing fear of discovery and close quarters prove nearly unbearable for the eight personalities in hiding, which include Mr. Dussell (Ed Wynn), the abrasive Mrs. Van Daan (Winters), her husband (Lou Jacobi), and their son Peter (Richard Beymer), for whom Anne develops an impossible love.