The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

The story

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 & crew

Anna PaquinIrena Sendler

Goran VišnjićStefan Zgrzembski

Michelle DockeryEwa Rozenfeld

Danuta StenkaHannah Rozenfeld

Maja OstaszewskaJadwiga

Krzysztof PieczyńskiDr. Janusz Korczak

Jerzy NowakOld Rabbi

Rebecca Windheim

Rebecca WindheimKarolina Rozenfeld

Sergei Novik-Marchenko

Sergei Novik-MarchenkoJasio

Paul FreemanMonsignor Godlewski

Leigh LawsonRabbi Rozenfeld

Nathaniel ParkerDr. Majkowski