

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)
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.
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.

Anna Paquin
Irena Sendler

Goran Višnjić
Stefan Zgrzembski

Michelle Dockery
Ewa Rozenfeld

Danuta Stenka
Hannah Rozenfeld

Maja Ostaszewska
Jadwiga

Krzysztof Pieczyński
Dr. Janusz Korczak

Jerzy Nowak
Old Rabbi
Rebecca Windheim
Karolina Rozenfeld