The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

Drama | 2009 | USA, Poland | English

Synopsis

The story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazis for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto. Irena risked her life saving Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto between 1941 and 1943.

Director

John Kent Harrison

Producers

K&K Film Selekt, HHOF

Co-Producers

NINA, Orange Polska

Cast

Anna Paquin, Goran Visnjic, Michelle Dockery, Marcia Gay Harden,
Danuta Stęka, Krzysztof Pieczyński

Co-financed by PISF, MKiDN