The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler

As a social worker, Irena had access to the Warsaw Ghetto, making it possible for her to rescue the daughter of a Jewish friend and safely hide the young girl with a Catholic family. Realizing that thousands of children were still in danger, Irena recruited sympathetic friends and co-workers to smug...

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Main Author: Kaczmarek, Jan A. P. (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Inc.
Other Authors: Harrison, John Kent. (Director, Screenwriter), Spagnola, Lawrence J. (Screenwriter), Paquin, Anna. (Actor), Visnjic, Goran, 1972- (Actor), Harden, Marcia Gay. (Actor), Mieszkowska, Anna.
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
Published: [United States] : Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, [2009]
Edition: Gold crown collector's ed.
Series: Hallmark Hall of Fame (DVD videodiscs) ; 68.
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Summary: As a social worker, Irena had access to the Warsaw Ghetto, making it possible for her to rescue the daughter of a Jewish friend and safely hide the young girl with a Catholic family. Realizing that thousands of children were still in danger, Irena recruited sympathetic friends and co-workers to smuggle children out and place them in safe homes, farms and convents. At great personal risk, she devised extraordinary schemes to sneak the children by Nazi guards, bringing them out in ambulances, suitcases and even wheelbarrows.
Item Description: Based on the book "The mother of the Holocaust children" by Anna Mieszkowska.
Originally produced in 2009.
Special features include making of, conversation, the production, cast & credits, biographies.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD, NTSC; widescreen presentation, 5.1 Dolby surround; region 1.
Production Credits: Director of photography, Jerzy Zielinski ; editor, Henk Van Eeghen ; music, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek.