The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

About The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

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.

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler is a 2009 war film directed by John Kent Harrison. Anna Paquin appears as Irena Sendler, Goran Višnjić as Stefan Zgrzembski, Michelle Dockery as Ewa Rozenfeld, and Danuta Stenka as Hannah Rozenfeld.

At 96 minutes long, it arrived in April 2009. Written by John Kent Harrison and Larry Spagnola. It was produced by CBS and Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions. The film began as real events.

Shelv files it under hallmark, historical drama, holocaust (shoah), and war drama. In the United States it streams on fuboTV, Hallmark+ Amazon Channel, and Hallmark+ Apple TV channel. It scores 7.4 out of 10 from 128 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

Schindler's List, The Zone of Interest, and The Pianist make useful companions to The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, all filed under biography.