The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)

04/19/2009 (US) • 1h 36m

Drama, War

How did one woman save 2500 children?

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Anna Paquin

Irena Sendler

Goran Višnjić

Stefan Zgrzembski

Michelle Dockery

Ewa Rozenfeld

Danuta Stenka

Hannah Rozenfeld

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Dr. Janusz Korczak

Jerzy Nowak

old rabbi

Rebecca Windheim

Karolina Rozenfeld


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

nazi

holocaust (shoah)

world war ii

biography

based on true story

historical drama

1940s

war drama

tv movie

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