Review of The Diary of Anne Frank

It must be hard to remake such a well known story, but this adaptation was quite brilliant. True to the book it captured each character brilliantly; Anne played by Ellie Kendrick is the best screen version yet ; Iain Glen is brilliant as the Father, Otto Frank and his wife Edith played perfectly by Tamsin Greig, Margot (Felicity Jones), Hermann Van Daan (Ron Cook), his wife Petronella (Lesley Sharp), and their son Peter (Geoff Breton) and the dentist Albert Dussel (Nicholas Farrell). Every actor played their part brilliantly. The series also captures the claustrophobic atmosphere and shows the difficulties of their situation really well. Although we all know the end, it was still upsetting as we now know the characters so well. This series captures the humanity of those hiding and the evil of those who found them. How they were found remains unknown, but there are indications that someone told where they were. It is heartbreaking that they were caught so close to the end of the war. Every racist person should be forced to watch this, because sadly the attitudes of those who pursued the Nazi ideology of ethnic cleansing still exists today. How any human can do what they did to this family including very young children such as Ann is beyond most decent persons comprehension. Maybe this series should be shown in every School?