The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
How did one woman save 2500 children?
2009-04-19 | 96 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Anna PaquinIrena Sendler
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Goran VišnjićStefan Zgrzembski
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Michelle DockeryEwa Rozenfeld
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Maja OstaszewskaJadwiga
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Krzysztof PieczyńskiDr. Janusz Korczak
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Jerzy NowakOld Rabbi
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Paul FreemanMonsignor Godlewski
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Leigh LawsonRabbi Rozenfeld
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Nathaniel ParkerDr. Majkowski
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Marcia Gay HardenJanina Krzyżanowska
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Olga BołądźZofia
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Steve SpeirsPiotr
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Danny WebbTrojan
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Iddo GoldbergJakub Rozenfeld
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Scott HandyMichal Laski
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Karolina DryznerCrying Mother
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Fiona GlascottMaria
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