My Best Friend Anne Frank

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My Best Friend Anne Frank
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Dutch Mijn beste vriendin Anne Frank
Directed by Ben Sombogaart
Based onMemories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend
by Alison Leslie Gold
Starring
  • Aiko Beemsterboer
  • Josephine Arendsen
Distributed by Netflix
Release date
  • 9 September 2021 (2021-09-09)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryNetherlands
Languages Dutch
German

My Best Friend Anne Frank (Dutch : Mijn beste vriendin Anne Frank) is a 2021 Dutch biographical drama film directed by Ben Sombogaart. [1] The film tells the story of the friendship between Hanneli Goslar and Anne Frank and the story is told from Goslar's perspective. [1] [2] [3] The film is based on Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend written by American author Alison Leslie Gold. It is the first Dutch cinema film about the life of Anne Frank. [1] [2] Aiko Beemsterboer plays the role of Anne Frank and Josephine Arendsen plays the role of Hanneli Goslar. [4] [5]

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The film won the Golden Film award in October 2021 after having sold 100,000 tickets. [6] [7]

Production

Part of the film was filmed in Hungary. Principal photography was halted due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. [4] [5]

Release

Netflix distributed the film internationally with it premiering on February 1, 2022. [8]

Reception

It is rated as 63% on Rotten Tomatoes. [9]

Cast

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Release van film Mijn beste vriendin Anne Frank vervroegd naar september". NU.nl (in Dutch). 20 July 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 van de Graaf, Belinda (1 August 2020). "De allereerste Nederlandse film over Anne Frank (en haar beste vriendin)". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Rapold, Nicolas (1 February 2022). "'My Best Friend Anne Frank' Review: Separated by the Nazis". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Stefan de Walle speelt Otto Frank in nieuw oorlogsdrama". NU.nl (in Dutch). 18 March 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 Jonk, Erik (9 September 2021). "Aiko Mila Beemsterboer speelt Anne Frank: veel druk, want je ziet een andere Anne". Metronieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Gouden Film voor bioscooptitel Mijn beste vriendin Anne Frank". NU.nl (in Dutch). 3 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Mijn beste vriendin Anne Frank bekroond met Gouden Film". Entertainment Business (in Dutch). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "'My Best Friend Anne Frank' Coming to Netflix in February 2022". What's on Netflix. 6 January 2022.
  9. ↑ My Best Friend Anne Frank , retrieved 2 November 2022
  10. ↑ My Best Friend Anne Frank (2021) - IMDb , retrieved 2 November 2022


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