Ambulance (Ambulans) 63 years old

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.

Credits

Ambulance Cast

Name	Character
Bogusław Sochnacki He was 30, 73 years old when he died	as Watchman (uncredited)
Zbigniew Józefowicz He was 35, 90 years old when he died	as SS-man (uncredited)

Ambulance Crew

Name	Department
Tadeusz Łomnicki as Writer. He was 33 (64) years old when He died	Writing
Janusz Morgenstern as Director. He was 38 (88) years old when He died	Directing