20 Jun 1940
The Mortal Storm
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
How did one woman save 2500 children?
Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood, when her physician father died of typhus contracted while treating poor Jewish patients. When she initially proposes saving Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, her idea is met with skepticism by fellow workers, her parish priest, and even her own mother Janina.
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Anna Paquin Irena Sendler
Goran Višnjić Stefan Zgrzembski
Michelle Dockery Ewa Rozenfeld
Danuta Stenka Hannah Rozenfeld
Maja Ostaszewska Jadwiga
Krzysztof Pieczyński Dr. Janusz Korczak
Jerzy Nowak Old Rabbi
Rebecca Windheim Karolina Rozenfeld
Sergei Novik-Marchenko Jasio
Paul Freeman Monsignor Godlewski
Leigh Lawson Rabbi Rozenfeld
Nathaniel Parker Dr. Majkowski
Marcia Gay Harden Janina Krzyżanowska
Olga Bołądź Zofia
Steve Speirs Piotr
Danny Webb Trojan
Iddo Goldberg Jakub Rozenfeld
Scott Handy Michal Laski
Karolina Dryzner Crying Mother
Fiona Glascott Maria
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