“The Diary of Anne Frank” in cinema – There is no out more – Süddeutsche.de

From the life of a teenager: has Hans Steinbichler remade “The Diary of Anne Frank” – cautiously, but with new accents.

More than two years, exactly 25 months, has Anne Frank performed in hiding her family in a secret annexe in Amsterdam diary, until 1 August 1944. She had received the book to her 13th birthday.

your childish, anxious, hopeful, applied records not let imagine how her story will end. Actually it would suffice to show what is called persecution; just because is told here by the little terror and we need to bring the knowledge of the great self. Anne Frank was murdered in Bergen-Belsen early 1945th Had they survived, no rows would it differently. Perhaps the diary would be less famous. Wrongly.

Behind the scenes ” the diary of Anne Frank “

the Secret Annex in Amsterdam where Anne Frank wrote her diary, is now a memorial against the barbarism of the Hitler regime. For the film, it was reconstructed meticulously – seen here exclusively in the video on the set.

(Video: Universal Pictures , Photo: Universal Pictures)

the diary is filmed repeatedly illustrated and brought to the stage – but although Anne Frank’s family from Frankfurt came, never as a German movie

Hans Steinbichler has now ventured in what not easy. is. “The Diary of Anne Frank” is the kind of original literary work, where you can not herumdramatisieren arbitrarily; but a pure imaging can also be saved

If you want want for every generation to rediscover Anne Frank, close to bring each new generation -. it must be hesitately reinterpreted. Hans Steinbichler has a very good balance maintained between fear and fearlessness, he is carefully dealt with the story, but he emphasized it again.

The film is long before the feeder behind the house. The Franks are in Switzerland on vacation. Otto (Ulrich Noethen) defends against the relationship that he did not want to leave Amsterdam, his wife (Martina Gedeck) has since its doubts.

Your whole world are only interior

The Children yet carefree. But that is then passed to the occupation of the Netherlands 1940th Anne is rebellious, and she would like to flirt with the guys on the street -. But a normal life is no longer possible

Then, in 1942, comes the news Annes older sister to be picked up. Ask the children to pack their bags, at dawn we go – the Father has prepared for colluding with employees of his company, which will help the family, the rear building his company on the Prinsengracht. And here, the Franks are now hiding – outdoors spread the rumor that they had moved to Belgium. From now on, her whole world is only interior

That is, for a teenager, everything very difficult. Anne must be quiet, nobody is allowed to go out, the parents still take a couple with son and a doctor the confined spaces on.