The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
movie
How did one woman save 2500 children?
Released April 19, 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.
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
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Rebecca Windheim
as
Karolina Rozenfeld
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Sergei Novik-Marchenko
as
Jasio
Paul Freeman
as
Monsignor Godlewski
Leigh Lawson
as
Rabbi Rozenfeld
Nathaniel Parker
as
Dr. Majkowski
Crew
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Beata Pisula
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Producer
Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
as
Original Music Composer
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Henk van Eeghen
as
Editor
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John Kent Harrison
as
Director
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John Kent Harrison
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Writer
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Cameron Johann
as
Producer
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Krzysztof Grabowski
as
Producer
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Brent Shields
as
Executive Producer
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Jeff Most
as
Executive Producer
Jeffrey Grant Rice
as
Executive Producer
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Larry Spagnola
as
Writer
Denise Chamian
as
Casting