ID

FBW001239      Fiction

Country / Year

Germany (FR) / Israel, 1973-1974

Original Title

Sie sind frei, Doktor Korczak / Sie sind frei Dr. Korczak / Korczak Ve'Hajeladim

Other Title(s)

Der Märtyrer / The Martyr / Der Märtyrer - Dr Korczak und seine Kinder / The Martyrs - Dr Korczak and His Children

Directed by

Aleksander Ford

Produced by

CCC-Filmkunst GmbH, Berlin / Bar Kochba Film, Tel Aviv

Staff

Producer: Artur Brauner; Script: Ben Barzman, Alexander Ramati, Josef Gross; Camera: Jerzy Lipman; Editing: Carl Otto Bartning; Grip: Avraham Leibman (Gaffer); Music: Moshe Wilensky

Cast

Leo Genn (Dr. Janusz Korczak); Orna Porat (Stefa); Efrat Lavi (Ruth); Ohad Kaplan (Yakov); Carlos Werner (Adam); Benjamin Völz (Michael); Albert Bessler; Jürgen Lier

Length

2717 / 99'20''

Format

35mm/farbe (Eastmacolor)

Dates

- 00 Oct 1974: Premiere, Tel Aviv
- 10 Apr 1975: First run, GFR

Abstract

1942. Janusz Korczak is a doctor in the Warsaw ghetto who takes care of children orphaned by the war and manages to keep a children's hospital running inside the ghetto. When the Nazis clear out the area, he opts to remain with the children he loves and is sent to a concentration camp.

Subject Terms

Orphanage; Orphans; Warsaw (Ghetto)

Holdings

- CCC-Filmkunst GmbH, Berlin; 35mm

Materials

- Deutsches Filmmuseum (DFM), Frankfurt am Main: Artur Brauner Archiv; Produktionsakten
- Deutsches Filmmuseum (DFM), Frankfurt am Main: Artur Brauner Archiv; Fotos

Bibliography

- , in: Variety, 28.08.1974
- Brauner, Artur: Mich gibt's nur einmal. Rückblende eines Lebens. München / Berlin: Helbig, 1976
- , in: Fernsehspiel im ZDF (Mainz) Nr. 12, März-Mai, 01.03.1976
- , in: The Hollywood Reporter, Vol. 241, Nr. 50, 21.06.1976
- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987
- , in: Film-Echo/Filmwoche, Nr. 24, 02.05.1987
- , in: Film-Echo/Filmwoche, Nr. 29, 20.05.1988
- Dillmann, Claudia (als: Claudia Dillmann-Kühn): Artur Brauner und die CCC. Frankfurt am Main: Deutsches Filmmuseum, 1990