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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
RELEASED • 2009 • DRAMA
Original movie
Rating 3
Language English
Runtime 95m
Popularity Trending Up
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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.
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.
Cast
Anna Paquin
Irena Sendler
Marcia Gay Harden
Janina Krzyżanowska
Goran Visnjic
Stefan
Nathaniel Parker
Dr. Majkowski
Steve Speirs
Piotr
Paul Freeman
Monsignor Godlewski
Michelle Dockery
Ewa Rozenfeld
Danny Webb
Trojan
Krzysztof Pieczyński
Dr. Janusz Korczak
Leigh Lawson
Rabbi Rozenfeld
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