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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)

How did one woman save 2500 children?

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.

Release: 2009-04-19
Runtime: 96 min
Rating: 7.258 / 10
Cast
Anna Paquin
Anna Paquin
Irena Sendler
Goran Višnjić
Goran Višnjić
Stefan Zgrzembski
Michelle Dockery
Michelle Dockery
Ewa Rozenfeld
Danuta Stenka
Danuta Stenka
Hannah Rozenfeld
Maja Ostaszewska
Maja Ostaszewska
Jadwiga
Krzysztof Pieczyński
Krzysztof Pieczyński
Dr. Janusz Korczak
Jerzy Nowak
Jerzy Nowak
Old Rabbi
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Rebecca Windheim
Karolina Rozenfeld
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Sergei Novik-Marchenko
Jasio
Paul Freeman
Paul Freeman
Monsignor Godlewski
Leigh Lawson
Leigh Lawson
Rabbi Rozenfeld
Nathaniel Parker
Nathaniel Parker
Dr. Majkowski
Marcia Gay Harden
Marcia Gay Harden
Janina Krzyżanowska
Olga Bołądź
Olga Bołądź
Zofia
Steve Speirs
Steve Speirs
Piotr
Danny Webb
Danny Webb
Trojan
Iddo Goldberg
Iddo Goldberg
Jakub Rozenfeld
Scott Handy
Scott Handy
Michal Laski