Movie · 1959
The Diary of Anne Frank
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Released 18 March 1959 179 min Drama / History More from 1959 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
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How old were they?
Ed Wynn
as Albert Dussell
Joseph Schildkraut
as Otto Frank
Douglas Spencer
as Kraler
Lou Jacobi
as Hans Van Daan
Gusti Huber
as Edith Frank
Robert Boon
as SS Man (uncredited)
Shelley Winters
as Petronella Van Daan
Edmund Purdom
as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Dodie Heath
as Miep Gies
Richard Beymer
as Peter Van Daan
Diane Baker
as Margot Frank
Millie Perkins
as Anne Frank
Delmar Erickson
as SS Man (uncredited)
Gretchen Goertz
as Sanne Devries (uncredited)
William Kirschner
as Workman in Shop (uncredited)
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The numbers
57years between the oldest and youngest billed
72Ed Wynn — oldest on the call sheet
15Delmar Erickson — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast