Korczak (1990)
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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, Rovi
- Starring:
- Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewa Dalkowska, (more)
- Director(s):
- Andrzej Wajda
Synopsis of Korczak
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, Rovi
Complete Cast of Korczak
- Wojciech Pszoniak - Dr. Janusz Korczak
- Piotr Kozlowski - Heniek
- Wojciech Klata - Szloma
- Karolina Czernicka - Natka
- Robert Atzorn - German Doctor
- Ewa Isajewicz-Telega
- Anna Mucha
- Olaf Lubaszenko
- Andrzej Kopiczynski
- Zygmunt Kestowicz
- Jerzy Zass
- Krystyna Zachwatowicz
- Maciej Winkler
- Jan Walczak
- Danuta Szaflarska
- Zbigniew Suszynski
- Wojciech Radecki
- Bernhard Howe
- Marek Bargielowski
- Janusz Bukowski
- Maria Chwalibog
- Ewa Dalkowska - Stefania Wilczynska
- Marzena Trybala - Estera
- Adam Siemion - Abramek
- Agnieszka Kruk - Ewka
- Edgar Hoppe
- Jan Peszek
- Alija Migulanka
- Katarzyna Laniewska
- Grzegorz Klein
- Piotr Kazimierski
- Zbigniew Zamachowski
- Jacek Wojcicki
- Maria Weymayr
- Tomasz Traczynski
- Aniela Swiderska-Pawlik
- Michal Staszczak
- Jan Prochyra
- Aleksander Bardini - Czerniakov
- Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska
- Stanislawa Celinska
- Director(s):
- Andrzej Wajda
- Writer(s):
- Agnieszka Holland
- Producer(s):
- Lew Rywin, Wolfgang Hnatke, Daniel Toscan du Plantier
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