Korczak
Barcode: 58957595
Call Number: Holocaust
Material Type: Video -DVD
Time: 118 min.
Date: 1990
System Requirements: NTSC, Region 1
Language: Polish
Creator: Directed by Andrzej Wajda
Description: A film of emotional urgency and great lyrical power, KORCZAK tells the true story of Janusz Korczak, a renowned physician and author who ran a home for Jewish orphans in 1930’s Warsaw. After the German invasion of Poland, friends urge Korczak to flee the country. But Korczak refuses to abandon his children and so must move his orphanage into the Warsaw ghetto. As the war continues it becomes plain that, despite Korczak’s tireless efforts, the children will be deported to concentration camps. Yet Korczak vows to remain with them until the end. A starkly beautiful work by the great Polish director Andrzej Wajda, KORCZAK is a moving portrait of a touching and inspiring man.
Subjects: Holocaust
Collection: Martin Salinger Resource Collection