The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Released
April 19, 2009
Runtime: 1h 36m
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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Cast & Crew
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
- RW
Rebecca Windheim
Karolina Rozenfeld
- SN
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
Danny Webb
Trojan
Iddo Goldberg
Jakub Rozenfeld
Scott Handy
Michal Laski
- JH
John Kent Harrison
Director
- JH
John Kent Harrison
Writer
- LS
Larry Spagnola
Writer
Media
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