The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)

How did one woman save 2500 children? 2009-04-19 United States of America 95 Min. PG-13
7.2 113 votes

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 is Irena Sendler
Irena Sendler
Goran Visnjic is Stefan Zgrzembski
Stefan Zgrzembski
Michelle Dockery is Ewa Rozenfeld
Ewa Rozenfeld
Danuta Stenka is Hannah Rozenfeld
Hannah Rozenfeld
Krzysztof Pieczyński is Dr. Janusz Korczak
Dr. Janusz Korczak
Jerzy Nowak is old rabbi
old rabbi
Rebecca Windheim is Karolina Rozenfeld
Karolina Rozenfeld
Paul Freeman is Monsignor Godlewski
Monsignor Godlewski
Leigh Lawson is Rabbi Rozenfeld
Rabbi Rozenfeld
Nathaniel Parker is Dr. Majkowski
Dr. Majkowski