1959 Cannes Film Festival
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The 12th Cannes Film Festival took place from 30 April to 15 May 1959. French writer Marcel Achard served as Jury President for the main competition. The Palme d'Or went to the Black Orpheus by Marcel
Official poster of the 12th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Jouineau Bourduge.
The Diary of Anne Frank is a 1959 American biographical drama film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1955 play of the same name, which was in turn based on the posthumously published diary of Anne F
1959 Cannes Film Festival
…the Ministry of Industry and became part of Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The festival opened with The 400 Blows by François Truffaut, and closed with The Diary of Anne Frank by George Stevens. Marcel Achard, French writer - Jury President…
Film poster by Tom Chantrell
Millie Perkins as Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl who kept a diary documenting her life in hiding amid Nazi persecution during the German occupation of the Netherlands.
Joseph Schildkraut plays Otto Frank, a German businessman, and the father of Anne Frank, who made the arrangements for the attic hiding place. The only survivor from the attic, he edited and published the first edition of her diary in 1947.
Richard Beymer plays Peter van Daan, son of Hans and Petronella van Daan. Almost three years older than Anne, Peter becomes attracted to her. Anne confides to him dreams of becoming a writer, and Peter voices frustration over his inability to join the war effort.