The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

2009

95 min

7.2

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Drama, War

Director

John Kent Harrison

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Anna Paquin

Goran Višnjić

Michelle Dockery

Danuta Stenka

Maja Ostaszewska

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Jerzy Nowak

Rebecca Windheim

Sergei Novik-Marchenko

Paul Freeman

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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

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.

  • Anna Paquin

  • Goran Višnjić

  • Michelle Dockery

  • Danuta Stenka

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