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Ambulance(1961)

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ReleasedDrama0h 11m

In this haunting short fiction film, a group of Jewish children and their teacher are herded into an ambulance by Nazis; the vehicle, ordinarily representing comfort and safety, becomes the group’s death chamber. Morgenstern’s presentation of the incident serves as a metaphor for the horror of the Holocaust, and provides a powerful trigger for discussion of the disturbing issues raised by the film. The figure of the children's’ teacher specifically parallels Janusz Korcak (1879-1942), a famous Jewish educator who ran an orphanage in the Warsaw ghetto and died with his young charges at Treblinka.

Budget:

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Directed by:

Janusz Morgenstern

Written by:

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Cast

Zbigniew Józefowicz thumbnail

Zbigniew Józefowicz

SS-man (uncredited)

Leopold Rene Nowak thumbnail

Leopold Rene Nowak

Driver (uncredited)

Marek Sniatkiewicz thumbnail

Marek Sniatkiewicz

Boy (uncredited)

Bogusław Sochnacki thumbnail

Bogusław Sochnacki

Watchman (uncredited)

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