The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

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.

Cast

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

Sergei Novik-Marchenko

Jasio

Paul Freeman

Monsignor Godlewski