The Diary of Anne Frank
1980 film poster
Genre	Biography Drama
Based on	The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Written by	Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett
Directed by	Boris Sagal
Starring	Melissa Gilbert Maximilian Schell Joan Plowright James Coco Doris Roberts
Music by	Billy Goldenberg
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Raymond Katz
Producer	Arthur Lewis
Cinematography	Ted Voigtlander
Editors	Garth Craven Ronald Smith
Running time	109 minutes
Production company	20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	November 17, 1980 (1980-11-17)

The Diary of Anne Frank is a 1980 American made-for-television biographical drama film which originally aired on NBC on November 17, 1980. Like the 1959 film of the same title, it was written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett and directed by Boris Sagal. Unlike the 1959 film, the TV-film focuses more on character development than suspense, and is considerably shorter than the 1959 version. In this version, Melissa Gilbert plays Anne Frank.

The film received mixed reviews since its premiere.

Cast

• Maximilian Schell as Otto Frank
• Joan Plowright as Edith Frank
• James Coco as Hans Van Daan
• Doris Roberts as Petronella Van Daan
• Clive Revill as Dr. Dussel
• Scott Jacoby as Peter Van Daan
• Melissa Gilbert as Anne Frank
• Melora Marshall as Margot Frank
• Erik Holland as Mr. Kraler
• Anne Wyndham as Miep Gies

Awards

The film was nominated for one Golden Globe award in 1981, for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV. It was nominated for three Emmy awards, also in 1981, for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup (Scott H. Eddo and Stanley Smith), Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special (Ted Voigtlander) and Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Class (Rita Bennett, women's costumer, and Bill Blackburn, men's costumer).