You Are Free, Dr. Korczak (1975)
Based on the biography of the Polish doctor and educator Janusz Korczak, the film retells the last phase of his life. Korczak, director of the Jewish orphanage in Warsaw and a Jew himself, was forced to move to the ghetto with all the orphans living in the home in 1940 following the occupation of Poland by the Nazis. Despite the terrible conditions within the walls, Korczak continued to care devotedly for "his" children. He even managed to save cases that had been written off as hopeless. However, when Korczak's orphans were also to be deported to the Treblinka extermination camp as part of the "Final Solution" and the resulting evacuation of the ghetto, he insisted on going with them. Fully aware that he would no longer be able to help his protégés, he let the children believe that he was taking them on a trip to the countryside to alleviate their fears.
Director: Aleksander Ford
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Leo Genn as Dr. Janusz Korczak |
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Carlos Werner as Newerly |
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Volker Brandt as Bettler |
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Albert Bessler as Stanislav |
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Eva Lissa as Madame |
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Benjamin Völz as Michael |
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Orna Porat as Stefania Wilczynska |
| Writing | Ben Barzman | Writer |
| Writing | Alexander Ramati | Writer |
| Production | Artur Brauner | Producer |
| Sound | Moshe Wilensky | Music |
| Camera | Jerzy Lipman | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Carl Otto Bartning | Editor |
| Lighting | Avraham Leibman | Gaffer |
| Directing | Aleksander Ford | Director |
| Art | Anatol Radzinowicz | Production Design |
