The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)

How did one woman save 2500 children?

Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood, when her physician father died of typhus contracted while treating poor Jewish patients. When she initially proposes saving Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, her idea is met with skepticism by fellow workers, her parish priest, and even her own mother Janina.

Date of release
2009-04-19
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (128)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Drama, War
Director
John Kent Harrison

Casting

  • Anna Paquin — Irena Sendler
  • Goran Višnjić — Stefan Zgrzembski
  • Michelle Dockery — Ewa Rozenfeld
  • Danuta Stenka — Hannah Rozenfeld
  • Maja Ostaszewska — Jadwiga
  • Krzysztof Pieczyński — Dr. Janusz Korczak
  • Jerzy Nowak — Old Rabbi
  • Rebecca Windheim — Karolina Rozenfeld
  • Sergei Novik-Marchenko — Jasio
  • Paul Freeman — Monsignor Godlewski
  • Leigh Lawson — Rabbi Rozenfeld
  • Nathaniel Parker — Dr. Majkowski

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