The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)

The story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazis for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto.

Director: John Kent Harrison

Cast: Anna Paquin, Goran Visnjic, Michelle Dockery, Danuta Stenka, Rebecca Windheim, Sergei Novik-Marchenko, Paul Freeman, Leigh Lawson, Nathaniel Parker, Marcia Gay Harden, Scott Handy, Christoph Pieczynski, Fiona Glascott, Steve Speirs, Iddo Goldberg, Danny Webb, Didzis Eglitis, Ruby Bentall