The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)

7.3/10 96 min Drama War

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

Goran Višnjić

Stefan Zgrzembski

Michelle Dockery

Ewa Rozenfeld

Danuta Stenka

Hannah Rozenfeld

Maja Ostaszewska

Jadwiga

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Dr. Janusz Korczak

Jerzy Nowak

Old Rabbi

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

Karolina Dryzner

Crying Mother

Fiona Glascott

Maria

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