The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

2009 "How did one woman save 2500 children?"
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

7.2 | 1h35m | en | Drama

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.

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7.2 | 1h35m | en | Drama , War
Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Anna Paquin , Marcia Gay Harden , Goran Visnjic

Director

Waldemar Kalinowski

Producted By

Jeff Most Productions , CBS