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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)

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.

  • Drama
  • War

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Anna PaquinAnna PaquinIrena Sendler
  • Photo of Goran VišnjićGoran VišnjićStefan Zgrzembski
  • Photo of Michelle DockeryMichelle DockeryEwa Rozenfeld
  • Photo of Danuta StenkaDanuta StenkaHannah Rozenfeld
  • Photo of Maja OstaszewskaMaja OstaszewskaJadwiga
  • Photo of Krzysztof PieczyńskiKrzysztof PieczyńskiDr. Janusz Korczak
  • Photo of Jerzy NowakJerzy Nowakold rabbi
  • Photo of Rebecca WindheimRebecca WindheimKarolina Rozenfeld
  • Photo of Sergei Novik-MarchenkoSergei Novik-MarchenkoJasio
  • Photo of Paul FreemanPaul FreemanMonsignor Godlewski

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