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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler is a 2009 television film directed by John Kent Harrison. The film is a co-production between American and Polish companies. The teleplay by Harrison and Lawrence John Spagnola, based on the 2007 biography 'Die Mutter der Holocaust-Kinder: Irena Sendler und die geretteten Kinder aus dem Warschauer Ghetto', focuses on Irena Sendler, a Polish social worker who smuggled approximately 2,500 Jewish children to safety during World War II.
The Hallmark Hall of Fame production, which was filmed on location in Riga, Latvia, was broadcast by CBS on April 19, 2009, and released to DVD in Hallmark Gold Crown stores in early June of that year.
Original Release
04/19/2009
US Release
04/19/2009
Cast
Name | Character |
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Anna Paquin | Irena Sendler |
Goran Visnjic | Stefan / Stefan Zgrzembski |
Michelle Dockery | Ewa Rozenfeld |
Danuta Stenka | Hannah Rozenfeld / Hanna Rozenfeld |
Rebecca Windheim | Karolina Rozenfeld |
Sergei Novik-Marchenko | Jasio |
Paul Freeman | Monsignor Godlewski |
Leigh Lawson | Rabbi Rozenfeld |
Marcia Gay Harden | Janina Krzyżanowska / Janina Krzyzanowska |
Scott Handy | Michal Laski |
Directors
Writers
John Kent Harrison, Larry Spagnola, Anna Mieszkowska
Cast
Name | Character |
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Anna Paquin | Irena Sendler |
Goran Visnjic | Stefan / Stefan Zgrzembski |
Michelle Dockery | Ewa Rozenfeld |
Danuta Stenka | Hannah Rozenfeld / Hanna Rozenfeld |
Rebecca Windheim | Karolina Rozenfeld |
Sergei Novik-Marchenko | Jasio |
Paul Freeman | Monsignor Godlewski |
Leigh Lawson | Rabbi Rozenfeld |
Marcia Gay Harden | Janina Krzyżanowska / Janina Krzyzanowska |
Scott Handy | Michal Laski |
Christoph Pieczynski | Dr. Janusz Korczak |
Fiona Glascott | Maria |
Steve Speirs | Piotr |
Iddo Goldberg | Jakub Rozenfeld |
Danny Webb | Trojan |
Didzis Eglitis | German Soldier |
Ruby Bentall | Stefania |
Imants Vekmanis | Janek |
Maja Ostaszewska | Jadwiga |
Olga Boladz | Zofia |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jeff Most | Executive Producer |
Jeff Rice | Executive Producer |
Brent Shields | Executive Producer |
Jeffrey Grant Rice | Executive Producer |
Chris Grabowski | Producer |
Cameron Johann | Producer |
Beata Pisula | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2010 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
2009 | Emmy | Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries or a Movie (Non-Prosthetic) | Won |
2009 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | Nominated |
2009 | Emmy | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Nominated |