Dvd/150: ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED (tv, Jon Blair, 1995)

Jon Blair's powerful documentary was first shown on BBC television but a US cinema release resulted in a Best Documentary Academy Award.

With access to the Anne Frank Museum archives, Blair not only tells Anne's story but also puts her in the wider context of the events that engulfed her, her family and her contemporaries.

Born in Frankfurt in 1929, Anne moved with her family to Amsterdam in 1934 after Hitler came to power; in 1942, two years after the Nazi occupation, they went into hiding in attic rooms above the warehouse where Mr Frank worked, later joined by four others.

Betrayed in 1944, they became victims of the Final Solution but through Blair's fascinating interviews with schoolfriends and fellow prisoners, Anne's personality is fully revealed.

The film is also a tribute to Miep Gies, the surviving member of the Frank's four helpers, who hid the diary after the arrests.

Shelf or charity shop? With Kenneth Branagh's excellent narration and readings by Glenn Close (originally Joely Richardson when first shown), this is a documentary to treasure.