Themes: Life Under Occupation, Crimes Against Humanity, Fighting the System
Main Cast: Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewa Dalkowska, Piotr Kozlowski, Marzena Trybala, Wojciech Klata
Release Year: 1990
Country: PL/DE/FR
Run Time: 118 minutes
Plot
The life of Polish pediatrician Janusz Korczak (Wojtek Pszoniak) is the subject of Andrzej Wajda'a docudrama. Also known as an author who wrote primarily for young readers, Korczak's name became legend as a result of the Jewish orphanage he established in Warsaw. When the invasion of the Nazis in 1939 forced him to move his students to the ghetto, he struggled on without provisions or adequate space, refusing to give in to Nazi pressures. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
Cast
Wojciech Pszoniak - Dr. Janusz Korczak
Ewa Dalkowska - Stefania Wilczynska
Piotr Kozlowski - Heniek
Marzena Trybala - Estera
Wojciech Klata - Szloma
Adam Siemion - Abramek; Karolina Czernicka - Natka; Agnieszka Kruk - Ewka; Robert Atzorn - German Doctor; Aleksander Bardini - Czerniakov; Marek Bargielowski; Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska; Janusz Bukowski; Stanislawa Celinska; Maria Chwalibog; Edgar Hoppe; Bernhard Howe; Ewa Isajewicz-Telega; Piotr Kazimierski; Zygmunt Kestowicz; Grzegorz Klein; Andrzej Kopiczynski; Katarzyna Laniewska; Olaf Lubaszenko; Alija Migulanka; Anna Mucha; Jan Peszek; Jan Prochyra; Wojciech Radecki; Michal Staszczak; Zbigniew Suszynski; Aniela Swiderska-Pawlik; Danuta Szaflarska; Tomasz Traczynski; Jan Walczak; Maria Weymayr; Maciej Winkler; Jacek Wojcicki; Krystyna Zachwatowicz; Zbigniew Zamachowski; Jerzy Zass
Credit
Magdalena Dipont - Art Director, Marin Karmitz - Co-producer, Margaret Menegoz - Co-producer, Andrzej Wajda - Director, Ewa Smal - Editor, Wojciech Kilar - Composer (Music Score), Allan Starski - Production Designer, Robby Müller - Cinematographer, Daniel Toscan du Plantier - Producer, Wolfgang Hnatke - Producer, Janusz Morgenstern - Producer, Lew Rywin - Producer, Regina Ziegler - Producer, Magdalena Dipont - Set Designer, Anna Kowarska - Set Designer, Agnieszka Holland - Screenwriter
