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| 4/19/09 (Su.) | 9:00 PM | CBS | N/A |
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| COURAGEOUS HEART OF IRENA SENDLER, THE (CBS)
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
4/19/09
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STATUS:
telefilm/mini-series in the can |
DESCRIPTION:
(from CBS's press release) Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winner Anna Paquin ("The Piano," "True Blood") stars in THE COURAGEOUS HEART OF IRENA SENDLER, a new "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation to be broadcast Sunday, April 19 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The drama is based on the courageous true story of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Irena Sendler (Paquin), who is credited with saving the lives of 2,500 Jewish children during World War II. Academy Award winner and nominee Marcia Gay Harden ("Pollock," "Mystic River"), Nathaniel Parker ("The Inspector Lynley Mysteries") and Goran Visnjic ("ER") also star. Harden plays Sendler's mother, Janina, and Parker portrays Dr. Majkowski, the head of Warsaw's Department of Health who helped Sendler obtain important resources for her mission. Visnjic plays Stefan, a former university friend of Sendler who was Jewish and with whom she fell in love when she started her clandestine work in the Warsaw ghetto. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Anna Paquin as Irena Sendler
· Goran Visnjic as Stefan
· Marcia Gay Harden as Janina Sendler
· Nathaniel Parker as Dr. Majkowski
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Anna Mieszkowska as BOOK
· Brent Shields as EP
· Jeff Most as EP
· John Kent Harrison as WRTR/DIR
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GENRE(S):
· based on a book
· mow
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
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