Movie Description
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
(2009)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : John Kent Harrison
- Producer : Cameron Johann,Krzysztof Grabowski,Beata Pisula
- Writer : John Kent Harrison,Larry Spagnola
- Editor : Henk van Eeghen
- Cast : Anna Paquin,Goran Višnjić,Michelle Dockery,Danuta Stenka,Maja Ostaszewska,Krzysztof Pieczyński,Jerzy Nowak,Rebecca Windheim,Sergei Novik-Marchenko,Paul Freeman,Leigh Lawson,Nathaniel Parker,Marcia Gay Harden,Olga Bołądź,Steve Speirs,Danny Webb,Iddo Goldberg,Scott Handy,Karolina Dryzner,Fiona Glascott
Cast
Irena Sendler
Stefan Zgrzembski
Ewa Rozenfeld
Hannah Rozenfeld
Jadwiga
Dr. Janusz Korczak
old rabbi
Karolina Rozenfeld
Jasio
Monsignor Godlewski
Rabbi Rozenfeld
Dr. Majkowski
Janina Krzyżanowska
Zofia
Piotr
Trojan
Jakub Rozenfeld
Michal Laski
crying mother
Maria
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Facts
Original TitleThe Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Status Released
Release Information
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2009-04-19
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 36m
Homepagehttp://www.cbs.com/specials/courageous_heart/
Production CompaniesJeff Most Productions,CBS,Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions,Baltmedia,Most / Rice Productions,Forma Pro Films,K&K Film Selekt,Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny,Telekompaniya Klass!,Lietuvos Kinostudija
Genres
- Drama
- War
