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
Anna Paquin
Canada
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Goran Visnjic
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Marcia Gay Harden
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Valda Bichkute
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Michelle Dockery
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Paul Freeman
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Nathaniel Parker
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Danuta Stenka
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Iddo Goldberg
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Maja Ostaszewska
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Jerzy Nowak
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Ruby Bentall
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Rebecca Night
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Danny Webb
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Leigh Lawson
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Girts Liuziniks
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Will Shadley
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