Korczak (1990)

Directed by

Andrzej Wajda

Genre

drama film, war film, biographical film, historical film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, Poland

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

12

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A black-and-white film follows Janusz Korczak, a Polish-Jewish doctor and educator, as he runs an orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. It shows his efforts to protect the children under his care amid the escalating dangers of the Holocaust.

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What happens

Korczak is a 1990 black-and-white biographical war film directed by Andrzej Wajda and written by Agnieszka Holland, about Polish-Jewish humanitarian Janusz Korczak. An international co-production between Poland, Germany and the United Kingdom, it stars Wojciech Pszoniak as Korczak, with Ewa Dałkowska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Marzena Trybala, Piotr Kozlowski, Zbigniew Zamachowski and Jan Peszek. The film was screened out of competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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