The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
“How did one woman save 2500 children?”
2009•NR•1h 36m•7.3•Released
DramaWar
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.
Director
John Kent Harrison
Writer
John Kent Harrison, Larry Spagnola
Languages
Latvian, English, Russian
Studio
Jeff Most Productions
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
Marcia Gay Harden
Janina Krzyżanowska
Olga Bołądź
Zofia
Steve Speirs
Piotr
Production
Company
Jeff Most Productions
Company
CBS
Company
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Company
Baltmedia
Company
Most / Rice Productions
Company
Forma Pro Films
Company
Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny
Company
Telekompaniya Klass!
Company
K&K Film Selekt
Company
Lithuanian Film Studio
Producer
Beata Pisula
Producer
Cameron Johann
Producer
Krzysztof Grabowski
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