Costume Drama Whore-A-Thon Day 17

Day 17 'The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler' (2009)
The true story of Irena Sendler who helped save 2500 Jewish children during World War 2. Irena, a Catholic, working as a social worker during the occupation in Poland, gets access to enter Warsaw Ghetto. She helps smuggle children out and place them with other families. Eventually Irena gets arrested and tortured but never says a word against the many people who helped her. Not a single child she helped rescue was ever caught or found by the Nazis.

I'm a sucker for Hallmark Hall of Fame movies. This is a truly moving story of bone-a-fide hero. The scenes in which the mothers had to make the ultimate sacrifice of giving up their children in order to save their lives. Heartbreaking. It's nice to see a movie about a true hero.

The love story was cute. Gorin Visnjic plays Stefan, and it's nice to know that they later married in real life. Stefan was a college friend who was Jewish and Irena bumps into him again in the Ghetto. It's sweet, he's hot, it's all good.