

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
2009 · Movie · 1h 36m · NR
DramaWar
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
Key crew
- John Kent HarrisonDirector
- John Kent HarrisonWriter
- Larry SpagnolaWriter
- Jan A. P. KaczmarekOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Anna PaquinIrena Sendler
- Goran VišnjićStefan Zgrzembski
- Michelle DockeryEwa Rozenfeld
- Danuta StenkaHannah Rozenfeld
- Maja OstaszewskaJadwiga
- Krzysztof PieczyńskiDr. Janusz Korczak
- Jerzy NowakOld Rabbi
- Rebecca WindheimKarolina Rozenfeld
- Sergei Novik-MarchenkoJasio
- Paul FreemanMonsignor Godlewski
- Leigh LawsonRabbi Rozenfeld
- Nathaniel ParkerDr. Majkowski
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Themes
naziholocaust (shoah)world war iibiographybased on true storyhistorical drama1940swar drama























