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This 1959 film adaptation of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK chronicles:

The two years a Jewish teen named Anne Frank (Millie Perkins) and her family spent hidingfrom Nazis in their Amsterdam textile factory's secret annex.
The Franks (Anne, her parents, and her older sister Margot) are sequestered in the small loftwith another Jewish family, Mr. And Mrs. Van Daan (Shelley Winters and Lou Jacobi), their teenage son, Peter (Richard Beymer), and later an older dentist, Mr.Dussell. All the while, Anne keeps a running commentary in her diary. Since the Franks' factory is directly below them, the inhabitants of the annex must spend allday in complete silence, lest they inadvertently tip off one of the workers and lure the Gestapo. Two Gentile office managers, Miep and Kraler, routinely visitwith news about the war and food rations, but most of the movie follows the small daily horrors of living in constant fear and in close quarters. As Anne goesfrom an awkward 13-year-old to a mature 15-year-old, her relationship with the slightly older Peter develops into a romance, despite the fact that their sharedconfinement offers little privacy. As anyone who's read the diary knows, the Franks are eventually betrayed, and the hiding place is besieged by Nazis.

Cast:Millie Perkins as Anne Frank
Joseph Schildkraut as Otto Frank
Gusti Huber as Mrs. Edith Frank
Diane Baker as Margot Frank
Shelley Winters as Mrs.Petronella Van Daan
Richard Beymer as Peter Van Daan
Lou Jacobi as Mr. Hans Van Daan
Douglas Spencer as Kraler
Dodie Heath as Miep
Ed Wynn as Mr. Albert