It's already six in the morning.
Oh
yes.
Ah
what
today's my birthday? You know, I'm 13.
Still.
She lo
you
off of the last bang
still
of his
father
too.
Ah Mr Frank.
I almost forgot.
Would you please give this to Ann? It's a little present for her birthday.
I do hope she likes it
and this is for me. Otto.
Thank you co
boys.
Thank you me.
I'll give them to her at home as I told you, we will soon be going into hiding.
Would you be willing to assume the risk of
looking after us and being our outside contact?
Yes, we'll be needing you very soon.
Yeah.
Hello, I'm home.
Daddy.
Daddy. It's you.
You brought home lots of surprises. I'm sure. Let me see them. Let me see them
a little patient. Then I'll give you me
and
Koi's gifts in the meantime.
Oh, yes, please
take my case. Yes, daddy. Thank you.
Let's go inside now.
Hello,
daddy. You're back at last. Thank heaven. You're home's safe.
How are you Edith?
Did you have a pleasant day dear?
Can I open my presents now please? Daddy? Can I please?
Happy birthday dearest. Dan. Here these are for you.
Oh, thank you.
The one with a pretty ribbon on it is from meep
and open your presence carefully.
If not, you'll spoil this lovely paper
and the ribbon. Everything is so very precious during war time. Yes, I know
a book on the cinema.
Oh.
Oh,
that's Greta Garbo and,
and Fred Astaire. Oh, I really adore them.
And my dear,
you should look at the package underneath it.
Hm.
Oh, it's a dream come true. A diary.
A diary.
What a wonderful idea. Thank you, daddy.
It's from your mother as well. We both had the same idea. Don't you think you should?
Thank her too.
Oh, I'm sorry. Thank you mommy.
Take advantage of your carefree life while there's still time.
Otto, I'm frightened.
We were forced to leave Germany because of Hitler and now
they're making us wear yellow stars on our clothing in Holland.
Yes, I know. The only way to escape the Nazis now is to hide from them to disappear.
What will become of us? This horrible war has me so worried for Anne and Margot
Edith. Listen,
you know, as well as I do that,
it's too late and too dangerous for us to try to get out of Amsterdam.
Kois
has brought suppliers and furniture to our hideout.
In addition, meep is going to help us so be brave.
Mhm.
Friday, June 12th, 1942.
You were the nicest present of all.
I hope I shall be able to confide in you completely
as I never have been able to do in anyone before.
And I hope that you will be a great support and comfort to me.
I want you to be the true friend for whom I have waited so long.
And I'm going to call you kitty
because of the anti Jewish degrees.
Daddy can't take the tram like everyone else and has to go
to his office at the other end of the city on foot.
Ever since the German invasion in 1940
Amsterdam has been occupied by the army
and now we Jews must wear a yellow star in our clothing.
If not, we can be arrested.
Ok.
My sister Margo and I have been transferred to the Jewish secondary school.
Anyway, I'm so glad to be in the same class with Lee.
And you know, everyone is saying you're in love with Harry Goldman.
We walked to school together once or twice, but that's all.
Anyway, that's not what he says.
Three A minus six A B plus five B plus three A. Since you seem to be so well informed.
Tell me what else he's saying about me.
Guess that I'm much too young for him.
No, he says he prefers you to Fanny that she puts him to sleep.
Hm.
Give me that
you're jealous just because Harry and I are friends
doesn't mean the whole world.
He's 16 and he thinks all your friends are Children
but he likes you because you're his alarm clock.
What
is
that?
My word, Miss Frank.
Why? The sudden enthusiasm for a,
yeah,
that's enough. Now, quiet down. Who would like to solve a problem at the blackboard?
No volunteers.
Why don't we have an expert, solve it? This Frank?
Come on.
Hey,
come
on.
Come
on.
It's
easy.
She'll
have you lost your enthusiasm.
Vacation soon and no more algebra.
Oh, how, I'd love to go to the cinema again.
But even that is forbidden to Jews
just as it's forbidden to ride the trams to use a car to go out after eight at night.
Jews must hand in their bicycles too.
Being without a bicycle is one of the most awful things to bear if you live in Holland,
you know, it's a shame we weren't assigned to go the beach in this heat.
That was a close call. I'll never take my bicycle out again.
Liz always says I'm afraid to do anything because it may be forbidden
just a second. I'm coming.
Yes. It's a labor camp. Call up. Notice for Margot Frank
is in,
is it for me
dear kitty?
Our friends, Mr Koy
Meep and her husband came to our house that same night to discuss what we should do.
Margo who's only 16 has received a call up notice to go to a labor camp in Germany.
She's very frightened because everyone knows what that means.
Should we let her be doomed to this.
Of course, we won't let her go.
Daddy has decided that all four of us will go into hiding tomorrow morning
and not wait until they come to get us.
I'm so frightened. We're here to help you, Mrs
Edith. Please. We all need to show courage.
This is the call of notice beginning tomorrow, we're going to have to hide.
Go.
Will you still help? Of course. Otto
there, my bag is full.
Are you ready to go? Edith?
No, I'm terrified for the Children and for ourselves too.
I'm afraid of being stopped in the street. We're giving up everything we have.
Edith.
Follow the itinerary I gave you and don't forget to act as naturally as possible.
If you do everything, we'll be just fine.
I assure you you go with Margot
and we'll meet you at the hiding place just as we planned
530 in the morning. We're taking as much as we possibly care.
No, Jew in our situation would dream of going out with a suitcase full of clothing.
Mm.
Oh
no.
Ok.
I'm not going to be able to walk normally with all these clothes on.
You'd be warm at the North Pole.
It's time to go. Girls. Are you ready? Oh,
and don't forget to give the cat some milk before we go.
Uh but daddy, I was hoping I could take
mocha with me to the hiding place,
please. Daddy.
No,
I'm sorry. But it's impossible. It would be far too dangerous.
We're already wearing yellow stars.
We'd attract even more attention if we took him.
I've left a note for the neighbors saying goodbye and asking them to look after him.
So don't worry. Come now,
say goodbye to him. I understand. I'm sad too, but we have no choice.
Mm
mo
The,
you'll see,
I promise to come back for you very soon.
Yeah.
Come in.
We really must go. Now, get your things.
There's no time to lose. Leave
mocha. There. You'll come with me and Margo. You'll go with your mother.
Now. We've a long walk. So let's hurry up.
But daddy, where are we going?
I think it's better that I don't tell you
here. Marco
take this.
I feel as if I'm in an adventure film.
M
Anne. We've got to go now
and
this way,
where are we going? Daddy? Is this still far away?
You want miserable weather? Hard to believe it's summer.
You're right.
Walk. Normally an, just ignore him.
Mary
D
come
out.
The
blood
is
in
cuts on his
person. Ah.
Ah,
can I go up, daddy? Yes. Go on.
Come up an
daddy. Go ahead.
Come with me.
Give me your things.
Here we are. I don't believe it.
Mhm.
Huh.
Go on. It's all right.
Hm.
Come in. Margo and Mrs Frank are already here.
Don't be afraid, dear. Go on.
Oh,
daddy.
So, this is a mysterious hiding place.
That's right. Ann this is it.
When Margo's call up notice came,
we realized we would have to go into hiding immediately.
That's why things aren't quite set up.
But why didn't anyone tell me our hiding place is right upstairs from your office.
We had to make sure that very few people knew about it.
And we thought it too big a secret for a little girl.
I'm not a little girl anymore and I know how to keep a secret.
This will be your room.
Hello,
the dining room.
It's so steep. The pantry,
what's in here?
You can open it.
Now, listen to me, everyone.
For as long as we're here,
the most important rule is not to make a sound during office hours not to walk around.
No one must know that the Frank family is hiding in this house.
Obviously, we won't be able to open the windows.
Hm.
We'll have to cover them so that the neighbors can't see us day or night.
And you'll help me make some thick curtains, unpack the cartons,
put things in the cupboards and set up the beds and the bedding.
Margo. You organized the kitchen? Yes, Daddy Edith. You should rest.
You look very tired.
Does everyone understand? Let's begin.
Mrs Frank,
I'll be doing the shopping every day and I'll bring everything up
just after midday as soon as the employees leave for lunch.
Oh, I don't know how to. Thank you. I don't know what we'd do without you meep.
Oh, it's eight o'clock. I'd better go down to the office. I'll leave you now.
The employees will be here any minute.
Don't make any noise for the time being.
Wait until noon or tonight to unpack all of your cartons.
We're all deeply grateful to you meep.
Let's hope that this horrible war will be over soon and that we can leave here.
Goodbye for now.
Everything will be fine. Mummy. You'll see us.
Uh,
oh,
but I
quiet.
Uh,
ok.
Mhm.
What's wrong?
I have to use the toilet.
Mm.
Oh.
Mm. Mm.
Oh,
yes.
You won't believe me kitty. But there are even special hours for using the toilet.
Yeah.
What was that?
Don't forget. Not a sound.
Oh,
hello, everyone.
Hello. Well done.
We can't hear a thing from downstairs. Nothing.
You do realize
Kois. It's not easy to sit still for so many hours at a time.
Oh,
I think it's all right for you to talk as long as you remember to keep your voices down.
It would certainly make the time go by faster, wouldn't it? Ann?
Well, I hope you understood what meep just said, Anne,
you should use your sister as an example.
Well, I think it's about time we made this place a little more livable
and
is everything? All right.
You're hanging up pictures of your favorite movie stars
and a picture of our Queen Wilhelmina too.
Yes. Everybody laughs at me because I'm so keen on the royal family,
but I don't care.
I just hope that this war is over very soon and that our
beloved queen and her entire family come back from their exile in London.
Safe and sound.
Oh,
Otto.
How long do you think we'll have to stay here?
Mm.
Hm.
Margo. Can you hear the church bells?
I'm trying to sleep. Margot.
I love them. Especially at night because you can count on them.
What a beautiful sky.
Be careful that no one sees you.
Daddy said the Van Dan family will be coming into hiding with us.
I hear that their son, Peter is very nice. Nice looking too.
I'll never be able to sleep with those church bells ringing every 15 minutes.
Look at the stars. Margot,
dear kitty.
I can't tell you how oppressive it is never to be able to go outdoors.
Also, I'm very afraid we'll be discovered and shot.
That is not exactly a pleasant prospect.
We have to whisper and tread lightly during the day.
Otherwise, the people in the warehouse which is just below might hear us.
We're almost there.
Welcome to our home in hiding. Hello, Mrs Frank. Hello. Otto.
Hello. Thank you so much for taking us in.
You know, my wife Edith, of course, this is our eldest daughter,
Margot and Anne who's now 13 years old and I would like you to meet Petronella, my wife
and this is Peter, our only son
and you'll never guess who's inside here, his cat mushy,
he wouldn't leave him behind and he has become part of the family.
But
you mean you brought a cat with you?
Didn't anyone tell you that we don't want any cat? It won't be a burden to you at all.
Peter will take care of him. The problem is he has to be fed.
He's gonna dirty things and he could give us all away.
I know how you feel, Ann, but mushy will become your friend too perhaps.
But for now, why don't you welcome the Van Dans.
Hello,
Peter. The Van Danson is just 16.
A kind of soft shy, gawky boy can't expect much from his company.
Mr Van Den. What's been happening outside since we left?
And do you know what's become of my best friend, Liz
Gossler? What did you say? You heard me? And I really would like an answer, Mr Van Dan.
You know, there are thousands of call op notices, raids and arrests on the outside.
It's a madhouse. I'm sorry. But I don't know a thing about your little friend,
Liz.
Why should we worry about others? We have enough problems of our own.
Yes, you're right.
Oh, what a nice large pile of clean sheets.
You've got, I would suggest that we use these first. What do you think?
Hm.
I thought it would be much better if each family used its own sheet.
I agree with mummy. It would make more sense.
Is that how little girls are supposed to talk to grown ups?
Is that the way you were taught to behave?
First of all, I'm not a little girl, Mrs Van Daan.
And secondly, don't forget you're in our home.
Well, you ought to have been in our home. We were properly brought up.
It's absurd that Ann is so frightfully spoiled.
I wouldn't put up with it if Anne were my daughter.
Thank heavens. I'm not.
Let me see. We do use my lovely table service every day.
Do you think that makes more sense?
You really don't know people until after you've had a fight with them
anyway. At least she's a good cook.
Uh,
hello, girls, your mother? And I wanted to talk to you for a minute.
I can understand how you feel about the van dens.
But if each of us doesn't give just a little of
our lives in this house are going to become unbearable.
You should be grateful that we're together in a safe place.
The situation is difficult enough. There's no sense in making things harder.
But when she insults me, I can't just say nothing at all. Try to ignore what she says.
I have no problem at all with the Van
Dens. Try to be more like your sister. She doesn't look for trouble. She avoids it.
Respect your elders
and dear, please. I want you to show some self control. That's all.
Ah,
I think of our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting.
At the same time,
I can't grumble all day long.
I've been given a lot a happy nature, cheerfulness and strength
every day. I feel that I'm developing inwardly.
I see how beautiful nature is. Why then should I be in despair?
There you are.
You're always so kind and helpful, but
take it.
Thank you.
Oh, you needn't. Thank me. It's only natural.
I'll deliver the potatoes to your office later as usual.
Thank you.
I have fewer and fewer ration tickets and things are more and more expensive.
What's important is to keep your spirits up and never lose heart. Right?
One of these days this damn war will end. Let's hope so.
Bye. Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Uh
Oh,
hello, Meep. Hello, everyone.
Did you have a pleasant day?
Uh
Peter, help me, please.
Oh, it's heavy.
I found almost everything you asked me for,
but it wasn't easy.
I have a few surprises for you as well.
This is all. Thank you. Me tobacco.
Thank you so much. What else?
Ah,
and here's your movie magazine with all your favorite films. Thank you.
I thought you might like this autumn leaf as a present.
Let me wait. Oh, no.
Now look what you've done.
Oh,
I'm sorry, Anne.
Now for the big surprise, huh?
Take it Mr Frank. Go on.
Oh, I wonder what it is.
Oh,
it's a,
it's a book
perhaps you should open it.
Oh,
meep. It's a little radio. How wonderful.
Now we can listen to the BBC and Radio Orange for
news of the free world instead of Nazi propaganda newspapers.
It's forbidden to have a radio.
So on top of clandestine Jews,
clandestine money for clandestine buying on the black market,
we can add a clandestine radio
as the news from the outside gets worse. The radio helps to keep up our morale.
This morning, English and American troops landed in Tunis
Algiers
Casablanca.
And
I I
told
you we had to remain optimistic
of the,
but it is
the end of the beginning.
We have just heard the voice of Winston Churchill announcing to
the free World a decisive step towards the liberation of Europe.
Algiers
is here. The allies are now in control of North Africa.
The next step strategically should be in the Mediterranean region,
an invasion of Italy.
Perhaps that's all well and good. But Italy's far from here.
Yes, she's right.
Not a day goes by without listening to the voice of the Free World from London,
which keeps our spirits up in the hope of being liberated very soon.
The other good news is that meep is going to spend the night here.
You can't imagine how happy I am that you're
spending the night in the secret annex with us.
I am too Ann
look,
I saved the ribbon from my birthday present, wrapping
everyone laughed at me. They said I was doing up my hair to look like a movie star.
I have lots of other colors too so I can change whenever I feel like it.
I'm glad you care about your appearance even in hiding. It's a very good thing.
I
would love to enjoy myself again. Ride my bicycle, breathe in real fresh air.
I want to dance and travel and see the whole world.
I know and I'm sure this horrible war will be over soon. An
wait, let me do that.
Your hair is so soft. Do you brush it often
there,
please? I really want to know.
Have my friends and their families gone into hiding too.
I don't know. And it's too dangerous to ask around
what's happening outside. Well,
the Nazis round up Jews both day and night.
They're arrested in their houses and on the street as well.
They have to leave everything behind. Their possessions are confiscated.
If they refuse, they're beaten or even killed immediately.
They have no choice at all.
You're all safe here in the secret annex as you call it.
But you've got to be very careful.
Ah,
me,
I love you so much.
I'm afraid they'll arrest you because of us.
Me.
I'm scared,
Mr Frank.
You saved my life. Thank you.
The danger is the same for eight is for seven. Consider this your home. You know my
dear kitty,
great news we're taking in an eighth person. Mr Del,
a dentist.
I'm not so crazy about sharing my room with a stranger.
But you gotta be prepared to make sacrifices for a good cause anyway,
they didn't give me a choice
every morning. He does what he calls, exercise,
no score
and guess where he prefers spending his time in the water closet.
345 times a day, 15 minutes each time while the whole annex waits begging him.
Do you think he cares?
Uh uh, not a bit
what a cat
but I,
I'm allergic to cats. Get that animal away from me quickly,
Peter. I think you had better take Mushy upstairs right away.
I'm asking you to get rid of that cat immediately throw him out.
You hear, I don't want to see him again. Is that clear? Do you understand Peter?
You heard, what are you waiting for? Go and get rid of mushy? I said
he's making Mr Dussel
go on, go on now. Get that cat out of here. No, Peter. Stay here. Don't listen to him.
Mr Duel.
I would like to tell you something once and for all,
you've only just arrived here and you've imposed your schedule on
all of us as well as your ridiculously annoying habits.
Mus,
she's not only a good pet but he eats mice, which is a big help.
They're a pretentious, little 13 year old girl trying to teach me a lesson.
That's enough. I can't bear another minute of this and I Mr Duel.
I cannot bear using the desk where I do my writing
under the pretext of needing it to work on your silly so called
thesis.
Get out of my sight right now out
and not another word
this time. You've gone too far. Apologize immediately to Doctor Del
and don't let it happen again.
Doctor Del,
please forgive me.
I got carried away.
Hm.
You were really frightened, weren't you? My little scaredy cat.
Uh huh.
Look who's here?
Mushy. It's Anne. She was brave enough to stand up to Mr Doo.
You should thank her. Let her give you a cuddle,
Peter. Would it be all right with you? If I stayed here for a while in your room?
Why sure. Come in. Thanks for what you did. Just now, I'd have never dared.
Oh, it was nothing. Just because they're adults.
They think they can do anything they want.
You know, an, I really admire you. You do. Yes.
You know what you want and you're not a coward.
Oh. Well,
who would ever be afraid of a nasty doctor? Your cat was scared, wasn't she? She?
Ok?
You're joking? Mus,
she's a, he not a, she, would you like to hold him? A he who's expecting kittens? Look.
Can't you see how round her tummy is? Give him to me.
You're gonna see for yourself what he is. Oh,
no mushy.
Come back, come back right now. You here.
Ah,
you'll never get him out from under there. I'm going to hurt you. Come on
there. I got him
now. I'm going to show you.
Oh,
there he's a male. You see,
thank you.
But I have seen quite enough. She is a male cat. All right, Peter. You win.
Thanks for the lesson. Leave me alone now.
Mhm.
Ah,
ah,
what's going on?
And, and I'm here now.
Just like
shooting a smart,
you can come and sleep at home.
Found out
how can anyone ever get used to any aircraft noise?
It'll be all right now.
Daddy?
I frightened. Oh, protect me,
daddy. Please
sleep. No.
Yes,
I'm not afraid.
No, I'm not afraid.
Mm.
She's asleep now. Put her down
sleep. Well,
sleep. Well, my little Ann
dear
kitty
tonight is the first night of Hanukkah. The festival of light of hope.
We couldn't bring our menorah with us.
So we made one of our own.
A a
oh, but what are you doing, Mr Frank? You're supposed to let it burn.
Yes, you're right.
But given the present circumstances, I think we had better economies and candles.
They may come in very handy one day.
May we all be blessed with good health until the
end of this terrible war and our rapid liberation.
A man,
Ann
Ann. Stop acting silly. Take your blanket off your head.
You've had the flu for almost a week now.
Come on now. Sit up.
Oh,
Dr
Ducal wants to examine your oh, take the blanket off your face. No, no.
And please stop acting like a baby.
No, I don't want him to touch me. He's a dentist. Not a real doctor.
I studied medicine, young lady. Whether you like it or not,
we don't want the flu to turn into pneumonia.
Leave this to me.
Mommy. Help. No time to stop mum. You won't help. Mr
Dussel. Half death.
I'll have, you know, I hear everything I need to hear perfectly well.
Hm.
She'll be all right.
It's been seven months since we went into hiding in the secret annex.
Terrifying things are happening outside.
Resistance members are executed in the street.
Machine gun fire is 100 times more frightening than bombs.
Jewish families are arrested day and night and deported.
No one is able to keep out of it. The whole world is at war.
There is nothing we can do but wait until the misery comes to an end.
Mee's here. Come
peace in 1943. That's what we all wish. And it's my favorite cake too.
Could I have that big piece just over there? And I like that one,
please. Gentlemen. Let's not forget our manners.
Mm.
Mhm.
Thank you so much. M
let's hope that our wish for peace will come true this year.
I don't want to alarm you,
but I think you should know that it's getting
harder and harder to find food for everyone.
That is.
I try my luck in the more distant neighborhoods but after waiting in line for hours,
I find there's almost nothing I can buy a
few string beans, some cabbage, a handful of rotten potatoes. What'll become of us?
Easy finding you provisions.
Everything's become so expensive on the black market.
Me, don't forget the risk you take.
Of course, our reserves of cans and dried vegetables won't last forever. But
we'll just have to tighten our belts. That's all
meep. I have an idea.
Why don't you see if you can find someone who would like to buy my suit?
I won't hear of it. We need the money, dear. So why not?
Besides what do I need a suit for here anyway,
if we can manage to sell it, then meep can buy food for us.
All right, Mr Van Den. I'll try to find someone who will buy it at a good price. Meep.
I don't want to take advantage of your kindness.
But if you could find some tobacco for me, I would really be deeply grateful.
Aa,
bro,
what a husband,
dear kitty
at the moment. I'm going through a period of feeling depressed.
My longing to talk to someone became so intense that somehow or other.
I took it into my head to choose. Peter.
Is the radio broken?
I hope you're going to be able to repair it quickly. Young man,
the radio might not have broken if you didn't trip the knobs all the time.
Do you think you can fix it? Peter?
Yes. If he promises not to touch it again. Are you insinuating that?
I do not know how to use a radio correctly.
Leave me alone. I can't concentrate. I'm going up to the attic to work on it.
Yes. Go on. Peter. Change of Air. Will do you some good.
Hm.
He'd better be careful that he doesn't break it permanently.
Oh,
can I help you with anything, Peter?
Yes, you can all mushy for me.
Thank you.
Do you ever think about what you want to do later on
when we leave here after the war?
I'd like to go to the Dutch Indies and live on a plantation where it's sunny.
I'm going to study art history and live in London and Paris for a while.
It was just a loose wire. That's all, it'll work fine. Now,
let's hope we hear only good news over it.
I'm longing so longing for everything to talk, for freedom, for friends to be alone.
I can feel my heart beating as if it's saying, can't you satisfy my longings at last?
Mm. No.
Mm.
Be careful not to be seen by anyone outside.
I am careful. I just want to breathe some fresh air.
You're right.
I would gladly give up eating if I could
only breathe some fresh air and it's spring too,
isn't it?
Hm.
I feel the awakening of spring in me.
I feel it in my body and in my soul.
I think what is happening to me is so wonderful and not only what can be seen on my body
but all that is taking place inside
Anne. Would you like to talk a bit?
You know, Margot, I'm a woman now. This is just my third period.
But I feel that in spite of the pain, the unpleasantness and the tiredness.
I have a wonderfully sweet secret inside of me.
Oh, look at the birds.
I adore them. I envy their freedom.
Would you let me read your diary one day?
Well, yes, perhaps certain parts of it,
I have the feeling that you're jealous of my seeing Peter alone,
that it makes you sad.
No, you're wrong.
It can't be much fun being 1/5 wheel.
I'm used to it. Don't say that
I'm happy for you that you found a friend here.
And what do you want to do in the future?
Hm. My greatest wish is to become a journalist and then later on a famous writer,
I can shake off everything when I write everything,
my sorrows disappear and my courage is reborn. You see, yes,
I would like to be a teacher or a midwife and take care of little babies after the war.
What I want to do is to publish a book that I'm going to call the Secret annex.
I only hope I'm capable of doing it. My diary will certainly be a big help.
You'll do it ann I'm absolutely sure of it.
You're very ambitious and you have a lot of talent.
It's nice talking together, like, really close friends.
Yes. That's what two sisters should be like,
dear kitty anti aircraft fire and bombing
monstrous air battles. We've forgotten what a quiet night is. Like.
The house trembles.
The bombs don't fall too far from here.
Imagine kitty, the annex and flames and all of us having to leave.
It would be a last resort since being out on the
street would be just as dangerous for us as the bombings.
Mommy. I only have one blouse. My sweater's too small. It barely covers my navel.
What are you doing? I'm mending Margot's blouse for the 10th time.
Can't you see that?
I'm a woman now, all of my undergarments are too small and worn out. I can't wear them.
You shouldn't complain. Think about the horrors in the world. People dying.
You should consider yourself lucky to be alive and safe.
You really know how to raise someone's morale. Mummy.
I'm sorry. But do you think my morale's high with this interminable war?
You may think you're a woman now but you're just an insolent little child.
Listen, Mommy,
I'm not a child anymore.
The long months shut up in here have matured me more than you think.
If you just let me be myself, I might be able to find some happiness here.
It's shameful. You spend so much time alone with Peter.
You shouldn't go up to the attic so often to see him.
It makes no sense at all to encourage him.
Ah,
Peter.
Don't you find it surprising that Anne is so quiet this evening?
Mother? Why can't you leave her alone for once?
When her silence is rather surprising.
She must be thinking about the next chapter of her masterpiece,
or about the incomparable taste of this rotten potato.
Yeah.
Will you all leave her alone
if God lets me live?
I will achieve more than mommy has.
I will not remain insignificant.
I am going to work for mankind.
You know, Kitty, it's paradise here compared to the outside.
Many of our Jewish friends have been arrested by
the gestapo and then transported in cattle cars.
We assume that most of them are murdered.
The BBC talks about concentration camps and gassing.
Please, please, my friend.
Oh
no,
no, please, please.
Flames,
please, please. I'm here. I'm here now. Take my
hand,
please.
Please take my hand,
me.
I'm here,
Liz. I'm here. I'm here.
Hang
up.
Calm down.
It was a nightmare. It's all right now.
Go back to sleep
to o
go back to sleep.
Oh,
here. Thank you.
Happy birthday, my dear.
Oh, thank you. It's so pretty
and a pair of shoes too
for your 14th birthday. Everybody in the annex chipped in.
You're growing so quickly. You really need them.
Thank you.
Oh, it's that horrible cat of
machine.
Come on.
Oh, ho she what a lovely young lady. You look really nice. Happy birthday, Anne.
And he's not a child anymore.
Yeah.
Such ele
and points. It's a shame. I made it
thanks to you all.
Ok.
No.
Yeah.
And
with your cigarettes and pipe tobacco, all our money is going up in. So
get me away from her before I,
before I do something.
Stop it. I,
again and again I ask myself,
would it not have been better for us if we hadn't gone into hiding
if we were all dead now and not going through all this misery?
I want to go on living even after my death.
And that's why I'm grateful for this gift of
being able to write and express my innermost thoughts
for tomorrow's French lesson. Go your irregular verse.
No.
Thank you, Margo.
Dearest kitty
winter is really severe and our food supply has gone further and further down,
stale, dried up bread, potatoes and salad that have a sweet rotting smell.
Dumplings made out of flour that are so heavy and sticky
that you feel as if there are rocks in your stomach
when you're hungry though, you can't complain.
We need money. So I have decided that we're going to sell your fur coat.
What you'll do no such thing.
I love that coat and I won't let you sell it under any circumstances. You understand?
Will you stop being so selfish? You've had that old rabbit fur for almost 20 years.
Now me can probably sell it for 300 florins. Me selfish.
I don't believe what I'm hearing.
If you spent less on your horrible tobacco, we would have money to buy food.
And besides, I have every intention of wearing my coat when the war is over,
when the war is over. You must be dreaming.
We have to survive
and we can't survive if we have nothing to eat.
I can't take it anymore. This water is so long.
The Nazis are about to win in the end. Bite your tongue.
Uh
Peter.
It's me, Peter.
Hello, Moshi.
You've been crying.
My parents fight so often.
If only I didn't have to be stuck with them all of the time.
Peter.
I know how you feel and I'd love to help you if you wanted me to it gnaws away at you.
Even if you don't say anything, you still take all their fighting to heart.
I'm so happy to be here together with you.
So am I,
I,
we're not,
we're not alone anymore.
Oh,
Peter.
Peace in 1944.
This is the second time we've celebrated New Year's here. Meep.
We don't know how to thank you for the risks
you've taken to help us these last 18 months.
Don't thank me and I'll continue to do my best
until the liberation. And let's hope that soon.
Yes. The end of the war in 1944.
That's right. We must never give up hope.
Meep.
Would you try to sell my lovely fur coat?
Darling? Wait, perhaps you shouldn't sell it. No, no, I behaved very foolishly.
The last time we talked about it here, meep. Try to get 300
Paella
peace at last in 1944.
I,
I love you.
Uh,
Edith.
What? Stay here.
Why, what is it,
be careful?
What could it be
a thief? Perhaps
I'd better go down and see
mushy. Stay here.
Stop it.
Wow.
Oh,
it must have been burglars.
And when they heard the noise they got frightened and ran.
If they suspect that there are Jews hiding here, they could give us away.
It's all because of that miserable cat.
How many times have I said we have got to get rid of him.
I can't take it anymore.
Somebody is opening the front door.
Hey, we better check this
an open door at this time of night. That's very strange.
Yeah.
Oh,
look at the mess in here.
Burglars must have gotten into this office. That's why the front door was broken in.
They must have made a fast getaway.
Look at this.
Yeah. Forget it. It doesn't lead anywhere. It's just a bookcase.
Yeah, you're right. It's late. Let's go back and file a report
that night.
I really thought that gestapo would find us and that we would all be deported.
Oh, no.
Mhm.
No, smelly.
The Irish lost out of the last
bang.
It
seems he was high
as job
in his basement. But they
eased the
act.
I wonder what they are going to do with his life. He's poor
Mr Frank.
I don't want to alarm everyone,
but I think you should know that the man
who I buy vegetables from has just been arrested.
He must suspect something about us.
Let's hope he doesn't say anything under questioning.
Now, where am I going to get food from?
Be twice as careful from now on me,
your life is at stake as I'm sure you realize I'll explain the problem to the others.
We'll just have to make do with less. That's all
burying our heads in the sand has led
nowhere while Nazi Germany was rearming for war.
No one in Europe, a
failure to prevent it
and now the entire world is paying for it.
Ah It's time for the news.
Ah
This is London
this morning,
General Eisenhower announced the landing of allied troops in Normandy.
With these words,
a lang
was made this morning on the coast of
France by troops of the allied expeditionary force.
This landing is part of the concerted United
Nations plan for the liberation of Europe.
We're going to be liberated at last. Auto.
Alright.
Hey,
General Eisenhower continued saying
we will accept nothing less than total victory
from
Germany
in stormy weather.
The US air
groups captured their first key towns.
Mar
British glider troops seized key bridges east of K
fire with the most intense bombardment in naval history.
In all
the Normandy invasion has deployed 150,000 ground troops, 15,000 tanks,
5300 ships,
12,000 aircraft operation overlord. The largest amphibious assault in history
marks the beginning of the liberation of occupied Europe from Nazi Germany.
Happy happy birthday, Anne,
as I'm sure you know, I wasn't able to shop
and nevertheless, you're 15 today.
So here is my contribution to your future career as a writer.
Oh,
oh,
and this is from us. A brooch I wore when I was your age.
I'm sure it will look lovely on you there.
Oh, it's really pretty. Thank you with all my heart to both of you and to Peter.
I feel so elegant and it's all thanks to you.
And this gift is from your mother
and your father. Of course,
the art history book you wanted so much
and some necessary undergarments.
Oh.
Ah,
they're nice.
They're wonderful presents and
I love you very much and I want my sister
to have this. No. No, you're crazy. Margo. No, I can't accept it.
It's your very favorite necklace. I can't take it.
Oh,
but you're my favorite sister.
I love you very much, Ann and I love you too.
Dear kitty. Everyone is convinced that the liberation is coming soon.
Will this long awaited freedom? Which still seems too wonderful.
Too much like a fairy tale ever come true.
The best part of it is that I feel that friends are approaching.
Is it because I haven't poked my nose outdoors for so long
that I've grown so crazy about everything to do with nature,
watching the flowers bloom, seeing the birds, the clouds,
the moon and the stars all give me peace
and keep my hopes alive.
I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation of confusion,
misery and death because I still believe that deep down people are good.
I can feel the sufferings of millions.
And yet if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come out, right?
That this cruelty too will end
and that peace will return to the world once again.
Hm.
Well, my friends, as soon as we're liberated,
I promise to take all of you to the very best restaurant in Amsterdam
and I will never touch another bean as long as I live.
And now let me tell you what, I promise, I promise to keep smoking you out.
But with the best cigars in the world,
Peter, what are you going to,
uh,
me?
I'm gonna go and see all the fantastic films I couldn't see being here. And of course,
and we'll tell you which films you have to see.
So wonderful to laugh and to dream.
I'm going to pay a visit to every good pastry shop in the city
and I'm going to buy you a whole new wardrobe and a new fur coat
and you Margot, what will you do?
All I can think about is a nice hot bath and staying in the tub for hours.
Well, for one entire week, I wanna be all alone.
Fine. As long as you don't forget me during that time.
I understand you perfectly Mrs Franklin. All right, dear. I'll stay out of your way.
And what about you, Ann
There are lots of things I can't wait to do.
Like going back to school in September,
walking freely around Amsterdam and especially seeing my friends again.
You mean you don't want to go to the cinema?
No.
Oh,
dear kitty
things are going well, there's more and more reason to hope. Really.
Everything is fine.
Incredible news. A general in the German army tried to kill Hitler.
What a pity that De
Fher
managed to escape with just a few cuts and burns.
No.
Oh,
well, what good news do we have today? It seems
that the allies are gaining ground but slowly.
Mm.
Mhm.
Yeah.
Oh,
that smells good. Does it?
The recipe is simple.
You take some canned food, some potatoes, red beans, red beans and more red beans.
Ok.
Oh,
yes. May I help you
over
Zerba?
Where is your director, Mr Kois?
We know you're hiding Jews here. Where are they?
Aren't you ashamed to be helping Jewish trash?
Me should have been here ages ago. Yes, you're right.
It's not like him to be so late, huh?
What is it?
Ok.
You're so silly.
Where are these 50 Jews hiding?
They must be up there.
Oh,
here they are.
Don't move.
There are eight of you just as the person who betrayed you told us,
search them. They may be armed and then search the whole place
your
house.
I want you all out in the street in five minutes. Do you understand?
Bring me all your valuables first.
Goodbye. Kitty.
I won't forget you. Promise you won't forget me.
I don't want you to disappear.
I'm sure meep will protect you
if she can
smell, smell.
Little too.
Get inside
quickly, quickly.
Mhm.
My dear dear kitty. You are my friend.
And I know you understand my message of freedom and compassion for all the men,
women and Children of the world,
regardless of their race, religion or belief.
May you live in peace and help to make this a better world for all humanity?
Oh, it's a dream come true. A diary, Friday, June 12th, 1942.
You are the nicest present of all. And I'm going to call you Kitty.
Ever since the German invasion in 1940 Amsterdam has been occupied by the
army and now we Jews must wear a yellow star in our clothing.
If not, we can be arrested.
Beginning tomorrow, we're going to have to hide. But daddy, where are we going?
I think it's better that I don't tell you
here we are. So this is a mysterious hiding place. Welcome to our home in hiding.
Thank you so much for taking us in dear kitty.
I can't tell you how oppressive it is. Never to be able to go outdoors.
Be careful not to be seen by anyone outside. I just want to breathe some fresh air.
We have to whisper and tread lightly during the day.
Otherwise, the people in the warehouse which is just below might hear us
also. I'm very afraid we'll be discovered and shot.
That is not exactly a pleasant prospect.
Terrifying things are happening outside Jewish families are arrested
day and night and deported the whole world.
I have fewer and fewer ration tickets and things are more and more expensive.
What's important is to keep your stories up and never lose heart.
My greatest wish is to become a journalist. I really admire you.
You know what you want and you're not a coward.
I'm so happy to be here together with you. So am I an after the war?
What I want to do is to publish a book that I'm going to call the secret annex.
My diary will certainly be a big help
diary.
You are the nicest present of all and I'm going to call you Kitty beginning tomorrow.
We're going to have to hide
dear Kitty. I can't tell you how oppressive it is never to be able to go outdoors.
Also, I'm very afraid we'll be discovered and shot.
Terrifying things are happening outside
the whole world is up.
My greatest wish is to become a journalist after the war.
What I want to do is to publish a book that I'm going to call the secret annex.
My diary will certainly be a big help.