During the nazi occupation of amsterdam otto frank decides to hide his family who are jewish after his daughter margot is called to appear for transport to a nazi labour camp.
The attic the hiding of anne frank summary.
Miep gies otto frank s office assistant hides them in the attic above the office.
The hiding of anne frank is a 1988 television film directed by john erman.
When the nazis start to round up jews in germany otto frank seeks a way to protect his family including his teenage daughter anne.
Despite the risks miep and her husband jan with the help of other admirable citizens do everything possible to throw the nazis off the trail of the franks.
In that year more than a hundred years after the construction of prinsengracht 263 the previous annex had been demolished to be replaced by a new larger annex.
He decides to hide his brood in the attic above his office.
It is based on miep gies s book anne frank remembered.
However he will need the aid of his business assistant miep gies.
Playwright william hanley received an emmy for his script.
The film tells the true story of gies struggle to keep the family hidden and safe as the nazis turn amsterdam upside down.
The annex where anne and her family went into hiding dates from 1739.