- Summary
- 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 Korčak (1879-1942), a famous Jewish educator who ran an orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto and died with his young charges at Treblinka.
- Uniform Title
- Ambulans (Motion picture)
- Format
- Video
- Published
- Waltham, MA : National Center for Jewish Film, 2007
- Other Authors/Editors
- Morgenstern, Janusz, 1922-2011.
Łomnicki, Tadeusz, 1927-1992.
Lipman, Jerzy, 1922-1983.
Komeda, Krzysztof.
Niedźwiecka, Janina, 1922-2004.
Baxter, Leon Scott, 1968-
Studio Małych Form Filmowych Semafor.
National Center for Jewish Film.
- Notes
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DVD release of the 1962 film, Ambulans.
Scenariusz [screenplay], Tadeusz Łomnicki ; zdjęcia [photography], Jerzy Lipman ; współpraca [collaboration], Andrzei Gronau ; muzyka [music], Krzysztof Trzciński-Komeda ; dźwięk [sound], Jan Radlicz ; montaż, Janina Niedźwiecka ; kierownik produkcji [production manager], Leon Lewandowski ; rezyser [director], Janusz Morgenstern.
DVD; NTSC, all regions.
The credits are in Polish; there is no dialogue.
