

"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.
Irena Gut Opdyke

Rugmer

Schultz

Rokita

Helen
Ida

Lazar

Clara

Thomas

Moise

Zosia

Abram Klinger

Fanka

Henry

Hanged Girl

Alex

Marian

Joseph

Kruger

SS officer

Worker

Secretary

Secretary
Woman

Woman

Old Lady

Nurse

Soldier

Officer
Anna

Caretaker

Peasant

SS Lieutenant
Secretary Ilse

Captain

Priest

Worker

Foreman

Partisan Commander

Child