Directed by:
John Kent HarrisonCinematography:
Jerzy ZielinskiComposer:
Jan A.P. KaczmarekCast:
Anna Paquin, Goran Visnjic, Marcia Gay Harden, Valda Bichkute, Michelle Dockery, Paul Freeman, Nathaniel Parker, Danuta Stenka, Iddo Goldberg (more)Plots(1)
Irena Sendler was one of the most remarkable - and most unlikely - heroes of World War II, saving 2500 Jewish children during the German occupation of Poland. As a social worker, Irena had access to the Warsaw Ghetto, making it possible for her to rescue the daughter of a Jewish friend and safely hide the young girl with a Catholic family. Realizing that thousands of children were still in danger, Irena recruited sympathetic friends and co-workers to smuggle children out and place them in safe homes, farms and convents. At great personal risk, she devised extraordinary schemes to sneak the children by Nazi guards, bringing them out in ambulances, suitcases and even wheelbarrows. Irena was eventually captured by the Gestapo. Even after months of torture, she maintained her silence. Her heroic efforts were honored by a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Fiona Glascott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/233/166233257_a40346.jpg)
Fiona Glascott
Ireland
Best movies:
The Long Firm (2004) (TV movie)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV movie)
![Scott Handy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/313/159313716_33cbdb.jpg)
Scott Handy
UK
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Match Point (2005)
Shadowlands (1993)
![Steve Speirs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/415/159415645_969003.jpg)
Steve Speirs
UK
Best movies:
House of America (1997)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) (series)
![Karolina Dryzner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/945/164945130_36580a.png)
Karolina Dryzner
Best movies:
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV movie)
The Photographer (2014)
Suicide Room (2011)
![Vilis Daudzins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/863/162863206_dc5fa3.jpg)
Vilis Daudzins
Best movies:
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV movie)
Bille (2018)
Blizzard of Souls (2019)
Sakalas Uždavinys
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
War and Peace (2016) (series)
The Excursionist (2013)
Girts Krumins
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV movie)
The Chronicles of Melanie (2016)
Vogelfrei (2007)
Jānis Reinis
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV movie)
Jeff Most
USA
Best movies:
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV movie)
Liquid Sky (1982)
Ghost Image (2007)
Paulius Cizinauskas
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV movie)
Oleg (2019)
Romualds Ancāns
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV movie)
The Arrows of Robin Hood (1976)
Ivanhoe (1983)
Leonîds Grabovskis
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV movie)
Erich Redman
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
United 93 (2006)
Rebecca Windheim
Best movies:
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV movie)
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (2018)
The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom (2011)