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Helen Mirren 'profoundly moved' by reconstruction of Anne Frank's room

Oscar-winning actor presents documentary retracing life of Jewish teenager killed by the Nazis
A still from Anne Frank: Parallel Stories. Photograph: CinEvents Ltd

She has performed on countless film sets, but Dame Helen Mirren was “profoundly moved” by the latest one: a reconstruction of the claustrophobic Amsterdam apartment in which Jewish teenager Anne Frank hid for two years from the Nazis with her family until she was arrested in 1944 and sent to her death in a

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