The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

7.2

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1h 35m 7+Drama War Biography Documentary History

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.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 Jewis... Read more

Starring Anna Paquin, Marcia Gay Harden, Goran Visnjic, Nathaniel Parker, Steve Speirs, Paul Freeman, Michelle Dockery, Danny Webb, Krzysztof Pieczyński, Leigh Lawson

Watch "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler" from streaming services Amazon Prime, Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 2009. It's a drama and war movie, and has a rating of 7.2 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.