<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $2.3 million (est . US / Canada rentals) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Diary of Anne Frank is a 1959 film based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same name, which was based on the diary of Anne Frank . It was directed by George Stevens, with a screenplay by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett . It is the first film version of both the play and the original story, and features three members of the original Broadway cast . </P> <P> The film was based on the personal diary of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who lived in hiding with her family during World War II . All her writings to her diary were addressed as' Dear Kitty' . The diary was published after the end of the war by her father Otto Frank (played by Joseph Schildkraut, also Jewish). By this time, all his other family members had been killed by the Nazis . The movie was shot on a sound stage duplicate of the factory in Los Angeles, while exteriors were filmed at the actual building in Amsterdam . </P> <P> The Diary of Anne Frank won three Academy Awards in 1960, including Best Supporting Actress for Shelley Winters . In 2006, The Diary of Anne Frank was honored as the eighteenth most inspiring American film on the list AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers . </P>

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