Released:
2009-04-19

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.

Director:
John Kent Harrison

Runtime:
1h 36min

Genre:
Drama, War

• Cast:
• 
  Anna Paquin
  as
  Irena Sendler
• 
  Goran Višnjić
  as
  Stefan Zgrzembski
• 
  Michelle Dockery
  as
  Ewa Rozenfeld
• 
  Danuta Stenka
  as
  Hannah Rozenfeld
• 
  Maja Ostaszewska
  as
  Jadwiga