The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)
Ratings:
7.3 (TMDb)
Released:
2009-04-19
Runtime:
1h 36m
Genres:
Drama, War
Countries:
United States of America, Latvia, Poland, Canada, Lithuania
Director:
John Kent Harrison
Actors:
Anna Paquin, Goran Višnjić, Michelle Dockery, Danuta Stenka, Maja Ostaszewska, Krzysztof Pieczyński, Jerzy Nowak, Rebecca Windheim
Synopsis
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.