Dir. George Stevens · Starring Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters, Richard Beymer, Gusti Huber, Lou Jacobi · Music Alfred Newman
“Hollywood has never made a greater suspense story... a more tender love story... or a finer human drama!”
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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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A profoundly moving and intimate portrayal of resilience amidst unimaginable darkness. Despite the suffocating confines of their hiding place, the film captures the enduring spirit of youth and the quiet strength of the human will to survive.
harrowingsomberhopefulintimateclaustrophobicsteadyhistorical dramabiographicalblack and whitechamber pieceperseverancehopefamilyhumanityoppression
amsterdam, netherlandsholocaust (shoah)world war iidiarybiographyblack and whitebased on memoir or autobiographyfamilyatticnazi occupationhiding in atticchildren in wartimehiding from nazis