Irena's Vow (film)
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Tim Ringuette
Nicholas Tabarrok
Jeff Sackman
Berry Meyerowitz
| Irena's Vow | |
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 Official poster | |
| Directed by | Louise Archambault |
| Written by | Dan Gordon |
| Based on | Irena's Vow by Dan Gordon |
| Produced by | Beata Pisula Tim Ringuette Nicholas Tabarrok Jeff Sackman Berry Meyerowitz |
| Starring | Sophie Nélisse Dougray Scott |
| Cinematography | Paul Sarossy |
| Edited by | Arthur Tarnowski |
| Music by | Alexandra Stréliski |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Elevation Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Countries | Canada Poland |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.2 million[1][2] |
Irena's Vow is a 2023 war drama film, directed by Louise Archambault. Written by Dan Gordon who also wrote the Broadway play Irena's Vow,[3] the film stars Sophie Nélisse as Irena Gut Opdyke, a Polish nurse who helped to shelter and protect Jewish people during the Holocaust by hiding them in the cellar of the home where she was employed as a housekeeper by German Army officer Major Eduard Rügemer (Dougray Scott).[4][citation needed] The cast also includes Andrzej Seweryn, Eliza Rycembel, Maciej Nawrocki, Aleksandar Milicevic, Tomasz Tyndyk and Nela Maciejewska.[citation needed]
The film was shot in 2022 in Warsaw and Lublin, Poland.[5][6] It premiered in the Centrepiece program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival in September.[7][8] The film was released in Canada on April 19, 2024.
- Sophie Nélisse as Irena Gut Opdyke
- Dougray Scott as Major Eduard Rügmer
- Andrzej Seweryn as Herr Schultz
- Maciej Nawrocki as Sturmbannführer Wilhelm Rokita
- Sharon Azrieli as Helen Weinbaum
- Aleksandar Milicevic as Lazar Haller
- Eliza Rycembel as Ida Haller
- Agata Turkot as Clara Bauer
- Filip Kosior as Thomas Bauer
- Krzysztof Szczepaniak as Moise Steiner
- Irena Melcer as Zosia
- Eryk Kulm as Abram Klinger
- Zuzanna Pulawska as Fanka Silberman
- Tomasz Tyndyk as Henry Weinbaum
- Rafal Mackowiak as Joseph Weiss
- Mateusz Mosiewicz as Marian Wilner
