The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler [DVD]

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler on DVD tells 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.

Fact-based drama about Irena Sendler (Anna Paquin), a Polish social worker who saved nearly 2500 Jewish children from being deported to death camps during World War II by placing them with Polish families and in convents. Marcia Gay Harden, Goran Visnjic, Nathaniel Parker. Directed by John Kent Harrison, who cowrote the screenplay with Larry Spagnola.