Korczak

+ Q&A with filmmaker Agnieszka Holland

A heartbreaking portrait of Janusz Korczak, a Polish-Jewish educator and paediatrician, during the Second World War.

  • Director

    Andrzej Wajda

  • With

    Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewa Dałkowska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska

  • Poland-Germany-UK 1990. 118min

  • Digital (restoration)

  • Certificate

    PG

  • English subtitles

An account of the last years of Janusz Korczak, the heroic Polish Jewish educator and paediatrician, saw Wajda collaborate on the screenplay with Agnieszka Holland. The topic of Jewishness within Polish history and society is a feature of a number of Wajda’s films. Korczak is arguably his most resonant, and vital, account of the Holocaust, while also exploring themes of self-sacrifice, honour and the strength of the human spirit, even in the face of evil.

Restored by Fixafilm.

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