(L-R) Diane Baker as Margot Frank, Richard Beymer as Peter Van Daan, Lou Jacobi as Mr. Hans Van Daan, Gusti Huber as Mrs. Edith Frank, Millie Perkins as Anne Frank, Joseph Schildkraut as Otto Frank and Shelley Winters as Mrs. Petronella Van Daan.

“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” – Anne Frank

As part of its ongoing George Stevens Lecture program, the Academy Foundation is pleased to present another Academy Award^®-winning film by the legendary producer-director.

Adapted by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett from their 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name (which was in turn based on Anne Frank’s diaries, published in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl), this piercing drama about a 13-year-old girl’s life-in-hiding in Nazi-occupied Holland was one of the first mainstream films to deal directly with the Holocaust.

The Diary of Anne Frank was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won in three categories: Actress in a Supporting Role (Shelley Winters), Black-and-White Art Direction (Lyle R. Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss) and Black-and-White Cinematography (William C. Mellor). In addition to the nominations Stevens earned as the film’s producer and director, Ed Wynn received a nomination in the Supporting Actor category, Alfred Newman was nominated for the film’s music score, and Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills shared the nomination for Black-and-White Costume Design.

Soon after its initial release, the film was shortened by 20 minutes. This New York screening will be the first big-screen presentation of a newly restored print of the original 170-minute version. The print is courtesy of 20th Century Fox.

Robert Osborne, Hollywood Reporter columnist, host of Turner Classic Movies and official biographer of the Academy Awards, will moderate a discussion with the cast after the screening.

The George Stevens Lecture was established in 1982 in honor of the legendary producer-director whose films are best remembered for combining social conscience with artistic excellence. George Stevens received nine Academy Award nominations and two Directing Oscars^® (A Place in the Sun, Giant), and he was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1953. Stevens was a longtime member of the Academy’s Board of Governors and served as the organization’s 14th president. Stevens died in 1975.