Irena's Vow
2023 · Movie · R · 121 min · ★ 7.5 · 72% critics
In wartime Poland, a young woman working in a German officer’s home learns a nearby Jewish community is in imminent danger. She makes a daring choice to hide a small group of people in the house’s basement, relying on quick thinking, humor, and courage to keep them safe day after day.
Based on Irena's Vow
Also known as La promesse d'Irena
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Details
- Years
- 2023
- Release date
- 2024-04-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (121 votes)
- Box office
- $1,200,000
About
If you like tense, human-scale wartime dramas about ordinary people making extraordinary choices, this may work for you, especially if you enjoyed World on Fire or First They Killed My Father; Not for you if you want light, escapist viewing.
Pros: tense wartime stakes; courageous central figure; emotional, human story | Cons: heavy subject matter; sustained anxiety; limited light moments
Themes
- self sacrifice
- resistance
- world war ii
- based on true story
- moral courage
- persecution
- hidden room
- nsdap (nazi party)
- 1940s
- guetto
- life‑risking choices
- jewish refugees
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Sophie Nélisse
as Irena Gut Opdyke
Dougray Scott
as Rugmer
Andrzej Seweryn
as Schultz
Maciej Nawrocki
as Rokita
- SA
Sharon Azrieli
as Helen
Eliza Rycembel
as Ida
Aleksandar Milićević
as Lazar
Agata Turkot
as Clara
Filip Kosior
as Thomas
Krzysztof Szczepaniak
as Moise
Directed by Louise Archambault