Irena's Vow

La promesse d'Irena

  • Release Date: April 19, 2024
  • Genre: Drama

  • Director: Louise Archambault
  • Producer(s): Jeff Sackman, Nicholas Tabarrok, Berry Meyerowitz, Tim Ringuette, Beata Pisula
  • Writer(s): Dan Gordon
  • Studio: Elevation Pictures
  • Length: 2h 00m | Classification: 13+
  • Le Score Rotten Tomatoes®
    Tomatometer 86% Audience Score 89%

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Synopsis

In occupied Poland, a former nurse risks her life to shelter a dozen Jewish men and women from the Nazis.

Warsaw, 1939: when the Nazis invade Poland, nurse Irena Gut (Sophie Nélisse) is displaced and forced to work in support of the German war effort, eventually assigned to run the home of a Nazi commandant (Dougray Scott). Instead of following the path of least resistance and gambling on her status and ethnicity to keep her safe, Irene risks everything to save a dozen Jewish refugees from persecution and murder, sheltering them under her boss's nose. 

Adapted by Dan Gordon from his stage play.

Cast

Sophie Nélisse, Dougray Scott, Andrzej Seweryn, Maciek Nawrocki
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