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.
Movie tag line: "Change the world with your courage."
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Character: Irena Gut Opdyke
Character: Rugmer
Character: Schultz
Character: Rokita
Character: Helen
Character: Ida
Character: Lazar
Character: Clara
Character: Thomas
Character: Moise
Character: Zosia
Character: Abram Klinger
Character: Fanka
Character: Henry
Character: Hanged Girl
Character: Alex
Character: Marian
Character: Joseph
Character: Kruger
Character: SS officer
Character: Worker
Character: Secretary
Character: Secretary
Character: Woman
Character: Woman
Character: Old Lady
Character: Nurse
Character: Soldier
Character: Officer
Character: Anna
Character: Caretaker
Character: Peasant
Character: SS Lieutenant
Character: Secretary Ilse
Character: Captain
Character: Priest
Character: Worker
Character: Foreman
Character: Partisan Commander
Character: Child