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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

Name: The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Director: John Kent Harrison
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 2009-04-19
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Anna Paquin, Goran Višnjić, Michelle Dockery, Danuta Stenka, Maja Ostaszewska

20091h 36m★ 7.4Released

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How did one woman save 2500 children?

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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.

Movie details

Release date: 2009
Runtime: 1h 36m
Genres: Drama, War
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Country: United States of America, Latvia, Poland, Canada, Lithuania
Director: John Kent Harrison
Production: Jeff Most Productions, CBS, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Baltmedia, Most / Rice Productions, Forma Pro Films, Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny, Telekompaniya Klass!, K&K Film Selekt, Lithuanian Film Studio