My Best Friend Anne Frank

My Best Friend Anne Frank

Based on the real-life friendship between Anne Frank and Hannah Goslar, from Nazi-occupied Amsterdam to their harrowing reunion in a concentration camp.

  • Released: 2021-10-07
  • Runtime: 103 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, History, War
  • Stars: Josephine Arendsen, Aiko Beemsterboer, Roeland Fernhout, Lottie Hellingman, Simone Canaris, Stefan de Walle, Adél Jordán, Tünde Szalontay
  • Director: Ben Sombogaart
 Comments
  • taliagreen-62093 - 14 December 2023
    my best to anne
    This movie was super sad but i loved it at the same time. It was very sad when her mom died before she could even make it that far out of the house before she had to go back. I feel so bad for them. This part in history was super sad and it's very sad all these young kids had to go through it. It was very cute how Anne and Hanna stayed together after everything they had gone through. That's a true friendship right there. I felt so bad when her dad died before they could talk one last time. They kinda left each other in a bitter way and I bet that sucked once he died. It's so sad little babies had to go through all that i teared up when the dad died and the little girl had no idea that he passed. This movie is super good. I'd watch it again but it is very sad. I wouldn't recommend it to people who are very sensitive over sad movies. The movie was very well made to i loved how some of it was English and some of it was their language. It makes it feel really real.
  • Sieme2002 - 27 April 2022
    Refreshing perspective
    The movie gives an idea of what life was like for Anne Frank's girlfriend and Anne Frank herself (and the families). It doesn't really go in dept, but you get a general idea of how it was for a Jew in the occupied Amsterdam and in the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.

    Movies like this are really important, so everyone knows how horrible war is.

    The film gives me a different picture of Anne Frank, sometimes a bit annoying. She is playful and ''happy'' despite what is happening in Amsterdam at the time. Hannah Goslar is less playful and adventurous. She is just more aware of the surrounding situation. She sometimes seems a bit obsessed with Anne Frank. For example, when she could have left Bergen-Belsen, but wanted to stay to give Anne Frank food. Putting Anne Frank before herself and her family. The movie really shows the strong bond Anne and Hannah had.

    The film is from Hannah Goslar's her perspective. This provides a fresh look at the Anne Franks story, which makes it worth watching if you are interested in the stories around the 2nd world war, in my opinion.

    Good
    • New perspective
    • Interesting story
    • Good story telling
    • The different languages
    • Perfect actors for the rolls (Anne and Hannah)


    Bad
    • Fast-paced
    • The switch between the languages Dutch and German for non-Dutch and German speakers.


    • Sometimes misses logic (Hannah standing next to a fence talking with Anne with guards towers everywhere).