
Irena's Vow
Change the world with your courage.
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.
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About Irena's Vow
- Directors
- Louise Archambault
- Cast
- Sophie Nélisse, Dougray Scott, Andrzej Seweryn, Maciej Nawrocki, Sharon Azrieli, Eliza Rycembel
- Genres
- War, Drama, History
- Content rating
- R
- Original language
- English
- Production countries
- Canada, Poland
- Status
- Released
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