

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
How did one woman save 2500 children?
7.2(118 votes)
2009
1h 36m
Drama
War
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.
Production
Jeff Most Productions, CBS, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Baltmedia, Most / Rice Productions, Forma Pro Films, Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny, Telekompaniya Klass!, K&K Film Selekt, Lithuanian Film Studio
Cast

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