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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
How did one woman save 2500 children?
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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 PaquinIrena Sendler
Goran VišnjićStefan Zgrzembski
Michelle DockeryEwa Rozenfeld
Danuta StenkaHannah Rozenfeld
Maja OstaszewskaJadwiga
Krzysztof PieczyńskiDr. Janusz Korczak
Jerzy NowakOld RabbiCredits
- Directed by
- John Kent Harrison
- Written by
- John Kent Harrison, Larry Spagnola
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
- Jeff Most ProductionsUnited States
CBSUnited States
Hallmark Hall of Fame ProductionsUnited States- BaltmediaPoland
- Most / Rice Productions
Forma Pro FilmsLatvia
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