Long before her diary made her a symbol recognized around the world, Anne Frank was, to one girl, simply a best friend. My Best Friend Anne Frank is a 2021 Dutch-German drama directed by Ben Sombogaart, told from the perspective of Hannah Goslar.
What is My Best Friend Anne Frank about?
The story follows Hannah and Anne as ordinary Amsterdam schoolgirls, before the German occupation reshapes both of their families' lives completely. Told largely through Hannah's memory, it moves between the girls' shared childhood and the years that pull them apart once the Frank family goes into hiding, tracing how an ordinary, close friendship is tested by circumstances neither girl chose. The film builds toward an unplanned reunion between the two friends inside a concentration camp, a meeting shaped entirely by a war that had already taken so much from both of them.
About the cast
The cast is led by Josephine Arendsen and Aiko Beemsterboer, with Roeland Fernhout, Lottie Hellingman, Simone Canaris, Stefan de Walle, Adél Jordán, and Tünde Szalontay completing the ensemble of family members and adults around the two girls.
Context & significance
My Best Friend Anne Frank comes from Dutch director Ben Sombogaart and belongs to a tradition of Dutch-German historical drama that revisits the Nazi occupation through a young, personal lens rather than a purely historical one. Anne Frank's diary has made her one of the most widely read witnesses to that period; this film widens the picture by centering Hannah Goslar, the childhood friend whose own memory carried part of the story forward long after the war had ended. Rather than treat the friendship as a footnote to a familiar story, the film asks what an ordinary childhood bond is worth once the world around it turns violent, and what it means for one friend to go on carrying the other's memory for decades afterward.
Watching My Best Friend Anne Frank on Ktime
My Best Friend Anne Frank streams on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so viewers can pick whichever option suits them. Watching requires a K-Time account login; the page itself is free to read, and the catalogue is built around the Farsi-language experience of the Iranian diaspora.