Movie
Irena's Vow
Overview
19 year old Irena Gut is promoted to housekeeper in the home of a highly respected Nazi officer in Poland when she finds out that the Jewish ghetto is about to be liquidated. Determined to help twelve Jewish workers, she decides to shelter them in the safest place she can think of – the basement of the German Major's house. Over the next eight months, Irena uses her wit, humour and immense courage to hide her friends as long as possible.
Details
- Release date
- 2024-04-15
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- War, Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Darius Films, Entract Studios, Téléfilm Canada, Filmoteka Narodowa – Instytut Audiowizualny, Telewizja Polska, K&K Film Selekt
- Country
- Canada, Poland
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Sophie Nélisse as Irena Gut Opdyke
- Dougray Scott as Rugmer
- Andrzej Seweryn as Schultz
- Maciej Nawrocki as Rokita
- Sharon Azrieli as Helen
- Eliza Rycembel as Ida
- Aleksandar Milićević as Lazar
- Agata Turkot as Clara
- Filip Kosior as Thomas
- Krzysztof Szczepaniak as Moise
- Irena Melcer as Zosia
- Eryk Kulm as Abram Klinger
Crew
- Louise Archambault - Director
- Dan Gordon - Writer
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