The Diary of Anne Frank
Genre	Historical drama
Running time	150 min.
Production company	Darlow Smithson Productions[1]
Written by	Anne Frank (diary) Deborah Moggach
Directed by	Jon Jones
Produced by	Elinor Day
Starring	Ellie Kendrick
Music by	Charlie Mole
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language	English
Original channel	BBC One
No. of episodes	5
IMDb profile

The Diary of Anne Frank is an upcoming BBC adaptation of The Diary of a Young Girl, written by Deborah Moggach.^[2] It will be shown in five half-hour episodes.^[3] Representatives of the BBC have said that they "hope [that] this drama will bring Anne [Frank] alive to viewers of all generations."^[4] The DVD release is set for 26 January 2009.

Anne Frank began filming in October 2007, in the UK.^[5]

Cast

• Ellie Kendrick as Anne Frank
• Iain Glen as Otto Frank
• Tamsin Greig as Edith Frank
• Felicity Jones as Margot Frank
• Nicholas Farrell as Mr Dussel
• Kate Ashfield as Miep Gies
• Ron Cook as Mr Van Daan
• Lesley Sharp as Mrs Van Daan
• Geoff Breton as Peter Van Daan

References

1. ^ Anne Frank TV drama heads to BBC, BBC (15 October 2007)
2. ^ Milller, Lucasta The home front, The Guardian (19 May 2007)
3. ^ In the Dark: Deborah Moggach (1 June 2007)
4. ^ BBC Drama commission new production of The Diary Of Anne Frank, BBC (15 October 2007)
5. ^ TV PRODUCTION EVENTS - TV MOVIE

External links

• The Diary of Anne Frank at the Internet Movie Database