---
title: 'Korczak (1990)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Andrzej Wajda'
released: '1990-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Poland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/korczak-1990'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099949/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Korczak (1990)

1990 · 115 min · Drama, War, History · United Kingdom, Germany, Poland


## Synopsis

Korczak is a 1990 black-and-white biographical Holocaust film directed by Andrzej Wajda and written by Agnieszka Holland, about the Polish-Jewish pediatrician and humanitarian Janusz Korczak. An international co-production between Poland, Germany and the United Kingdom, it stars Wojciech Pszoniak as Korczak, with Ewa Dałkowska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Marzena Trybala, Piotr Kozlowski, Zbigniew Zamachowski and Jan Peszek.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Andrzej Wajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-wajda)
- **Screenplay:** [Agnieszka Holland](https://cinepixo.com/people/agnieszka-holland)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Wojciech Kilar](https://cinepixo.com/people/wojciech-kilar)
- **Producer:** [Daniel Toscan du Plantier](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-toscan-du-plantier), [Regina Ziegler](https://cinepixo.com/people/regina-ziegler)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robby Müller](https://cinepixo.com/people/robby-muller)
- **Editor:** [Ewa Smal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewa-smal)

## Cast

- [Ewa Telega](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewa-telega)
- [Jan Prochyra](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-prochyra)
- [Jerzy Walczak](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-walczak)
- [Michał Staszczak](https://cinepixo.com/people/micha-staszczak) as Józek, wychowanek Korczaka
- [Włodzimierz Press](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-odzimierz-press)
- [Katarzyna Łaniewska](https://cinepixo.com/people/katarzyna-aniewska)
- [Aleksander Trąbczyński](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksander-trabczynski) as gestapowiec kierujący kręceniem filmu w Getcie
- [Etel Szyc](https://cinepixo.com/people/etel-szyc)
- [Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/teresa-budzisz-krzyzanowska) as Maria Rogowska-Falska
- [Teresa Szmigielówna](https://cinepixo.com/people/teresa-szmigielowna)
- [Aniela Świderska](https://cinepixo.com/people/aniela-swiderska)
- [Tadeusz Hanusek](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadeusz-hanusek)
- [Zbigniew Zamachowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/zbigniew-zamachowski) as Szulc
- [Marzena Trybała](https://cinepixo.com/people/marzena-tryba-a) as Esterka
- [Maria Chwalibóg](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-chwalibog)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/korczak-1990
Film facts: Wikidata (Q570847); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.