Directed by:
Andrzej WajdaScreenplay:
Agnieszka HollandCinematography:
Robby MüllerComposer:
Wojciech KilarCast:
Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewa Dalkowska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Marzena Trybala, Piotr Kozłowski, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Jan Peszek, Aleksander Bardini (more)Plots(1)
It's Poland in the 1930s and Henryk Goldszmit is a Polish icon due to his writings, teachings, and radio programs for children, under the name of Janusz Korczak. With anti-Semitism on the rise, Korczak's radio show is stopped – but he remains defiantly optimistic. After the Nazis invade Poland, the Jewish Korczak and his orphans are moved into the newly formed Ghetto, where he scrounges for food and tries to protect the children from the violence and hunger around them. He refuses offers of favorable treatment or escape in order to remain with the children. When the orphanage is deported to Treblinka, he refuses final offers to escape and accompanies them to their deaths in the gas chambers. (Zlín Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Robert Atzorn
German Empire
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) (TV movie)
The Wannsee Conference (1984) (TV movie)
Janusz Bukowski
Poland
Stanisława Celińska
Poland
Ewa Telega
Poland
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
Kochankowie mojej mamy (1985)
Aurora Borealis: Northern Lights (2017)
Piotr Kazimierski
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
Grzegorz Klein
Poland
Zygmunt Kęstowicz
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
Potop (1974)
Bez znieczulenia (1978)
Agnieszka Kumor
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
Korczak (1990)
Olaf Lubaszenko
Poland
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Korczak (1990)
A Short Film About Love (1988)
Katarzyna Laniewska
Poland
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
Interrogation (1982)
Historie miłosne (1997)
Alicja Migulanka
Poland
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
The Last Schoolbell (1989)
Kogel-mogel (1988)
Wlodzimierz Press
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Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
Europa Europa (1990)
Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy (2002)
Jan Prochyra
Poland
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
Nightmares (1978)
The Case of Bronek Pekosinski (1993)
Danuta Szaflarska
Poland
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
Time to Die (2007)
Faustyna (1994)
Aniela Świderska
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
Niedzielne dzieci (1976) (TV movie)
Zbigniew Suszyński
Poland
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
The Downfall of the Secluded Berhof (1983)
Samowolka (1993) (TV movie)
Tomasz Traczyński
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
Jerzy Walczak
Poland
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
In Darkness (2011)
Son of Saul (2015)
Maciej Winkler
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
The Pianist (2002)
Korczak (1990)
Jacek Wójcicki
Poland
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Korczak (1990)
The Double Life of Veronique (1991)