No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank's Story (2015) watch online HD

"No Asylum" is a solid documentary. The filmmakers use a surprising amount of archival film, including Nazi, concentration camp, and Anne Frank footage. They manage to avoid using numerous photographs in slow zoom, a technique popularized by Ken Burns and annoyingly prevalent in documentaries today.

Beyond the Frank family's request for asylum abroad, this film puts the story into an historical context that is relevant today. It also has some valuable backstory about World War II, laid out nicely whether you previously knew much about it or not. Access to surviving Frank family members and friends adds credibility and warmth.

The vastness and harshness of the holocaust really comes through, so it is definitely for a mature audience, although I would watch it with my mature 11-year-old son. The story ends with a pretty good historical wrap-up. The running time of just over 70 minutes is just fine as this film deals with some weighty material.

This is a skillfully told story and put together film.

As I sit here thinking about this movie/documentary I can't stop the tears that are welling up in my eyes. It is a story that stays in your mind forever and hope that things like this never happens again. Hearing the words from the people that lived this horrible ordeal makes everything we have read or seen in newsreels come alive. It is such a captivating movie/documentary that you don't want to miss one word of it. I applaud Paula Fouce, the Producer, for her creativeness with this all of her movie/documentaries. For those who were alive, as I was, when this was going on it's a real eye opener.

Please make an all out effort to see this film! It's well worth it.

No Asylum tells the heart wrenching story of Otto Frank's desperate attempts to seek asylum in the US in order to save his family. Knowing the horrors that await as he is turned down over and over again is difficult to bear, but necessary to remember, as sadly we face a similar refugee situation today. The language and xenophobia used at the time leading up to the holocaust was eerily familiar. Through narration, photos, and interviews with holocaust survivors including those who knew the Frank family personally, this beautifully made film helps us to remember our past, so that we can do all that we can to try and prevent repeating this tragic history.