The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)
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.
Release Date : Apr 19, 2009
Runtime : 1h 35m
Companies : Jeff Most Productions, CBS, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Baltmedia, K&K Selekt, Most / Rice Productions, Forma Pro Films
Countries : United States of America
Keywords : nazi, holocaust (shoah), world war ii, biography