The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

2009 7.2 (115 votes) 1h 36m

Genres

Drama War

Production Companies

Jeff Most Productions
CBS
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Baltmedia
Most / Rice Productions
Forma Pro Films
Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny
Telekompaniya Klass!
Lietuvos Kinostudija
K&K Film Selekt

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

How did one woman save 2500 children?

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.