Benjy

Benjy

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1951

Runtime

0h 10m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

70%

Original Title

Benjy

Director

Fred Zinnemann

Description

Benjy is a 1951 American short documentary film directed by Fred Zinnemann. It won an Oscar in 1952 for Documentary Short Subject. Henry Fonda narrates this short film about a boy who was handicapped from birth. An orthopedic pediatrician wants to provide a therapeutic regimen that could cure the child, a scoliosis patient, but first he needs to convince the boy's parents, who have rejected the child because of his disabilities.