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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

IMDb 7.3 2009 Movie 96 min

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

Starring

Anna Paquin

Goran Višnjić

Michelle Dockery

Danuta Stenka

Maja Ostaszewska

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Jerzy Nowak

Rebecca Windheim