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How did one woman save 2500 children? - The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
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Title: The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

Release Date: 19 Apr 2009

Runtime: 1h 35m

Genre: Drama, War

Director: Jeff Most Productions, CBS, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Baltmedia, Most / Rice Productions, Forma Pro Films, K&K Film Selekt, Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny

Production Companies: Jeff Most Productions, CBS, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Baltmedia, Most / Rice Productions, Forma Pro Films, K&K Film Selekt, Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.2 (114 votes)

Cast

  • Irena Sendler: Anna Paquin
  • Stefan Zgrzembski: Goran Višnjić
  • Ewa Rozenfeld: Michelle Dockery
  • Hannah Rozenfeld: Danuta Stenka
  • Jadwiga: Maja Ostaszewska
  • Dr. Janusz Korczak: Krzysztof Pieczyński
  • old rabbi: Jerzy Nowak
  • Karolina Rozenfeld: Rebecca Windheim
  • Jasio: Sergei Novik-Marchenko
  • Monsignor Godlewski: Paul Freeman
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