The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)
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 as Irena Sendler
- Goran Višnjić as Stefan Zgrzembski
- Michelle Dockery as Ewa Rozenfeld
- Danuta Stenka as Hannah Rozenfeld
- Maja Ostaszewska as Jadwiga
- Krzysztof Pieczyński as Dr. Janusz Korczak
- Jerzy Nowak as Old Rabbi
- Rebecca Windheim as Karolina Rozenfeld
- Sergei Novik-Marchenko as Jasio
- Paul Freeman as Monsignor Godlewski