Korczak, a Kino Classics release ; directed by Andrzej Wajda ; written by Agnieszka Holland
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Korczak, a Kino Classics release ; directed by Andrzej Wajda ; written by Agnieszka Holland
Language
pol
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Main title
Korczak
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
802467525
Responsibility statement
a Kino Classics release ; directed by Andrzej Wajda ; written by Agnieszka Holland
Runtime
118
Summary
The film opens in the late 1930s with pediatrician, writer, teacher, and radio personality Korczak working as the administrator of an orphanage in the slums of Warsaw. When the Nazis invade Poland, move Korczak and his Jewish charges into the ghetto, and begin shipping cattle cars full of adult Jews to Treblinka, the doctor does everything in his power to try to protect the children from the uglier aspects of the ominous quarantine
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor6
- Genre4
- Subject8
- Content1
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