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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.

Genres: Drama, War

Starring: Anna Paquin, Marcia Gay Harden, Goran Visnjic

Released: April 19, 2009

Runtime: 95.0

Popularity Rating: 5.449

Baltmedia, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Jeff Most Productions, K&K Selekt, Most / Rice Productions, Telekompanija Forma Pro

United States of America

Irena Sendler Anna Paquin
Janina Krzyżanowska Marcia Gay Harden
Stefan Goran Visnjic
Dr. Majkowski Nathaniel Parker
Piotr Steve Speirs
Monsignor Godlewski Paul Freeman
Trojan Danny Webb
Dr. Janusz Korczak Krzysztof Pieczynski
Rabbi Rozenfeld Leigh Lawson
Jadwiga Maja Ostaszewska
Hannah Rozenfeld Danuta Stenka
Zofia Olga Bolądź
Jakub Rozenfeld Iddo Goldberg
Michal Laski Scott Handy
Karolina Rozenfeld Rebecca Windheim

Art — Production Design: Waldemar Kalinowski
Camera — Director of Photography: Jerzy Zielinski
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Pawel Grabarczyk
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Department Head: Trefor Proud
Directing — Director: John Kent Harrison
Directing — Script Supervisor: Tracy Young
Editing — Editor: Henk van Eeghen
Production — Casting: Brigita Libiete
Production — Casting: Denise Chamian
Production — Casting: Donatas Simukauskas
Production — Casting: Katarzyna Janicka
Production — Casting: Priscilla John
Production — Executive Producer: Brent Shields
Production — Executive Producer: Jeff Most
Production — Executive Producer: Jeffrey Grant Rice
Production — Producer: Beata Pisula
Production — Producer: Cameron Johann
Production — Producer: Chris Grabowski
Sound — Original Music Composer: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Writing — Writer: John Kent Harrison
Writing — Writer: Larry Spagnola