The Diary of Anne Frank 1959

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: Mr. Stevens has done a superb job of putting upon the screen the basic drama and shivering authenticity of the Frances Goodrich-Albert Hackett play, which in turn caught the magnitude of drama in the real-life diary of a Jewish girl. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Represents Stevens at the height of his pretentiousness and the depths of his accomplishment. Read more

Time Out: One of those extremely long and well-meaning adaptations of plays, this doesn't really amount to very much, despite its intrinsically moving subject matter. Read more

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