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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Written byJohn Kent Harrison
Larry Spagnola
Directed byJohn Kent Harrison
StarringAnna Paquin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerCameron Johann
Running time95 minutes
Production companyHallmark Hall of Fame
Original release
ReleaseApril 19, 2009 (2009-04-19)
"The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler"
Hallmark Hall of Fame episode
Episode no.Season 58
Episode 3
Production code345
Original air dateApril 19, 2009
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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler is a television movie that will debut on the CBS television network as a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie on April 19, 2009.[1] The film is written and directed by John Kent Harrison[2] and stars Anna Paquin as Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker that smuggled approximately 2,500 children to safety during the Holocaust. The movie is based on the 2005 biography Mother of the Children of the Holocaust: The Irena Sendler Story, by Anna Mieszkowska.[1]

Plot

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Irena Sendler (Paquin) creates and leads a conspiracy to sumgle children out of Warsaw's Jewish Ghetto. Sendler is discovered by the Nazis and is schedualed to be exicuted, when she is rescued by the underground network, "Zegota".[1]

Cast

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler CBS, Official website.
  2. ^ "Hallmark to produce TV movie on Holocaust heroine Irena Sendler". haaretz.com. 1-23-2009. Retrieved 2-13-2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Paquin to play Irena Sendler in TV movie". UPI. 2-12-2009. Retrieved 2-13-2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
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