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.

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)

How did one woman save 2500 children?

★ 7.4/10 April 19, 2009 96 min

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Director: John Kent Harrison  ·  Writers: John Kent Harrison, Larry Spagnola

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.

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Director

John Kent Harrison

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 Leigh Lawson Rabbi Rozenfeld Nathaniel Parker Dr. Majkowski