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The courageous heart of Irena Sendler / Hallmark Hall of Fame ; director, John Kent Harrison ; writers, John Kent Harrison and Lawrence John Spagnola.

Harrison, John Kent. (director,, screenwriter.). Spagnola, Lawrence J. (screenwriter.). Paquin, Anna. (actor.). Visnjic, Goran, 1972- (actor.). Harden, Marcia Gay. (actor.). Kaczmarek, Jan A. P. (composer.). Mieszkowska, Anna. Mother of the Holocaust children. (Added Author). Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Inc. (Added Author). Anna Paquin, Goran Visnjic, Marcia Gay Harden, Michelle Dockery, Danuta Stenka, Rebecca Windheim, Sergei Marchenko. (Cast).

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.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Gold crown collector's edition.
Publisher: [United States] : Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, [2009]

Content descriptions

General Note:	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.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Jerzy Zielinski ; editor, Henk Van Eeghen ; music, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Participant or Performer Note:	Anna Paquin, Goran Visnjic, Marcia Gay Harden, Michelle Dockery, Danuta Stenka, Rebecca Windheim, Sergei Marchenko.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC; widescreen presentation, 5.1 Dolby surround; region 1.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.