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Director:
John Kent Harrison
Writers (WGA):
John Kent Harrison (written by) and
Larry Spagnola (written by) ...
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Release Date:
19 April 2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Plot:
The story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazi's for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto. | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
TV's Fading Beauties
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 20 April 2009, 2:43 AM, PDT)

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Cast

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Toms Aboltins ... Dentist
Romualds Ancans ... German General
Ruby Bentall ... Stefania
Valda Bickute ... Polish New Mother

Olga Boladz ... Zofia
Gintaire Cepukonye ... Frightened Mother
Paulius Cizinauskas ... Prison Guard
Vilis Daudzins ... Gestapo Officer

Michelle Dockery ... Eva Rozenfeld

Karolina Dryzner ... Weeping Mother
Didzis Eglitis ... German Soldier
William Ellis ... Viktor
Paul Freeman ... Monsignor Godlewski

Fiona Glascott ... Maria
Iddo Goldberg ... Jacob Rozenfeld
Leonîds Grabovskis ... Another Man
Andris Gross ... Young Father
Jurgis Gundars ... Small Boy
Uga Gundars ... 5 Year-old Screaming Boy

Scott Handy ... Michal Laski

Marcia Gay Harden ... Janina Sendler
Elea Hofland ... Anna
Arnita Jaunzeme ... First Female Prisoner
Janis Kangaroo ... Jewish Folk (as Jewish Folk)
Leonarda Klavina-Kestere ... Stern Woman
Girts Krumins ... German Accountant
Leigh Lawson ... Rabbi Rozenfeld
Girts Liuziniks ... German Soldier
Girts Lukevics ... Big Auxiliary Guard
Ariela Mareda ... Miriam
Jeff Most ... Familiar German Officer
Rebecca Night ... Danuta
Sergei Novik-Marchenko ... Jasio
Jerzy Nowak ... Elderey Rabbi
David Ogannesianc ... Little Izaak
Maja Ostaszewska ... Jadwiga

Anna Paquin ... Irena Sendler

Nathaniel Parker ... Dr. Majkowski
Aleksandrs Petukhovs ... Soldier
Krzysztof Pieczynski ... Dr. Janusz Korczak

Erich Redman ... Untersturmfuher Brandt
Janis Reinis ... SS Officer
Kristina Savickyte ... 5 Years Old's Mother
Gleb Semionov ... Two Year Old

Sofya Skya ... Desperate Mother
Dace Smits ... Sister Stanislawa
Martins Smits ... German NCO

Steve Speirs ... Piotr
Danuta Stenka ... Hannah Rozenfeld
Davids Stepanjans ... Big Kid
Imants Strads ... Juliusz
Antanas Surgailis ... Polish New Father
Anastasija Timoshenko ... Young Jewish Mother
Sakalas Uzdavinys ... Young Rabbi

Imants Vekmanis ... Janek

Goran Visnjic ... Stefan

Danny Webb ... Trojan
Rebecca Windheim ... Karolyna Rozenfeld
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Miss Irena's Children (USA) (working title)
The Irena Sendler Story (USA) (working title)
Untitled Irena Sendler Project (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
Riga, Latvia
Company:
Baltmedia more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Poignant., 19 April 2009
10/10
Author: Dawn from New York

I usually find Hallmark movies a bit schmaltzy, but the inclusion of Anna Paquin convinced me to give this a try. I'm glad I did. This was excellent, well-paced, and suspenseful. The character portraits were succinct but rich, and I found myself caring about what happened to everyone, which is quite a feat for a two-hour TV movie.

I won't give the plot away, but considering it's a WW2 movie about sneaking Jewish children out of a ghetto, you can probably guess where it's going.

Production values were excellent. It felt more like a feature than a TV movie. Give it a try.

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