The story of Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war.
Acting
Pszoniak's restraint—every blink is a choice.
Direction
Wajda's final shot is cinema as accusation.
Director
Andrzej Wajda
Wojciech Pszoniak
Henryk Goldszmit vel Janusz Korczak
Ewa Dałkowska
Stefania 'Stefa' Wilczynska
Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska
Maryna Rogowska-Falska
Marzena Trybała
Estera
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Ichak Szulc
Jan Peszek
Max Bauer
Aleksander Bardini
Adam Czerniaków
Maria Chwalibóg
Czerniaków's wife
Andrzej Kopiczyński
Dyrektor w Polskim Radiu
Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Szloma's mother
Wojciech Klata
Szloma
Agnieszka Krukówna
Ewka
Jerzy Zass
German wachman on the bridge
Anna Mucha
Sabinka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wajda shot the deportation scene in one continuous take at the actual Umschlagplatz where Korczak died in 1942.
Korczak invented the modern children's rights declaration; the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is essentially his posthumous manifesto.
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