Anne Frank's Diary (2000): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2000, Anne Frank's Diary is a drama, war and animation film directed by Julian Y. Wolff, running about 88 minutes.

What it’s about. During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands, as she keeps a diary of the next few years. NOTE: This is a French *edited* version of the 1995 original anime film by Akinori Nagaoka, which is listed as some minutes longer (102, while the France edit is cut down to 88). The edited version also replaced the original musical score with a more orchestral soundtrack. First shown in 1999 via festivals (some with an English dub), then released on DVD in 2000 with French audio & English subtitles, it took a while for an official English dub to be released next, but a trailer was posted on YouTube in April of 2015. The edited film with an English-audio dub was finally made available for free on YouTube as of May 2020. The "original" title in the info on TMDB is incorrectly in English but locked; the English should be in the "translated title" spot. It's in French on a poster though: Le Journal d'Anne Frank.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.8/10, Anne Frank's Diary has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Anne Frank's Diary page.

If you liked it. Fans of Anne Frank's Diary tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.