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Released
1961 · FILM

Ambulans

Runtime
11 min
Language
PL
Drama

Synopsis

In this haunting short fiction film, a group of Jewish children and their teacher are placed into an ambulance by Nazis; the vehicle, typically a symbol of comfort and safety, becomes their death chamber. Morgenstern's depiction of the event functions as a metaphor for the horrors of the Holocaust, offering a powerful catalyst for discussion of the troubling issues the film raises. The figure of the children's teacher specifically mirrors that of Janusz Korcak (1879–1942), a renowned Jewish educator who ran an orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto and perished with his young charges at Treblinka.

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Principal cast & crew: 9

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Janina NiedzwieckaShot by Jerzy LipmanScored by Krzysztof Komeda

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