The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

20091h 36min

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.

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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.

Released
April 19, 2009
Runtime
1h 36min
Director
John Kent Harrison
Genre
DramaWar
Language
English
Production
Jeff Most Productions, CBS, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Baltmedia, Most / Rice Productions, Forma Pro Films, K&K Film Selekt, Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny, Telekompaniya Klass!, Lietuvos Kinostudija
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