Ambulance

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.

Country:

Poland

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

11 minutes

Year:

1961

Director:

Janusz Morgenstern

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Company:

Se-Ma-For

Cast:

SS-man (uncredited)

Driver (uncredited)

Boy (uncredited)

Watchman (uncredited)

Crew:

Writer

Director

Music

Director of Photography

Editor