The Diary of Anne Frank, first published in its original form [as Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl], then made into a play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, is a film of often extraordinary quality. It manages, within the framework of a tense and tragic situation, to convey the beauty of a young and inquiring spirit that soars beyond the cramped confinement of the Frank family's hideout in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.