The 'Home Team' Will Win the Big Game
For football fans, this sports movie will show viewers the bonding between father and son as the son prepares for his big game.
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)
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.
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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.
Rating:NR
Genre:Drama, War
Written By:John Kent Harrison, Larry Spagnola
In Theaters:4/19/2009
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Runtime:96 minutes
Studio:Jeff Most Productions, CBS, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Baltmedia, Most / Rice Productions, Forma Pro Films, Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny, Telekompaniya Klass!, K&K Film Selekt, Lithuanian Film Studio
Cast
John Kent Harrison
Director
Anna Paquin
Irena Sendler
Goran Višnjić
Stefan Zgrzembski
Michelle Dockery
Ewa Rozenfeld
Danuta Stenka
Hannah Rozenfeld
Maja Ostaszewska
Jadwiga
Krzysztof Pieczyński
Dr. Janusz Korczak
Jerzy Nowak
Old Rabbi
Rebecca Windheim
Karolina Rozenfeld
Sergei Novik-Marchenko
Jasio
Paul Freeman
Monsignor Godlewski
Leigh Lawson
Rabbi Rozenfeld
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