Irena's Vow (film)

{{short description|2023 Canadian-Polish drama film}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox film

| image = Irena's Vow movie poster.jpg

| caption = Official poster

| director = Louise Archambault

| producer = Beata Pisula
Tim Ringuette
Nicholas Tabarrok
Jeff Sackman
Berry Meyerowitz

| writer = Dan Gordon

| based_on = Irena's Vow by Dan Gordon

| starring = Sophie Nélisse
Dougray Scott

| music = Alexandra Stréliski

| cinematography = Paul Sarossy

| editing = Arthur Tarnowski

| studio = Darius Films
Entract Studios
K&K Selekt

| distributor = Elevation Pictures

| released = {{film date|2023|9|10|TIFF|2024|4|19|}}

| runtime = 121 minutes

| country = Canada
Poland

| language = English

| budget =

| gross = $1.2 million{{Cite Box Office Mojo |title=Irena's Vow (2024) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl21659649/weekly/ |access-date=19 May 2024}}{{Cite The Numbers |title=Irena's Vow |id=Przysiga-Ireny-(2024-Poland)|access-date=19 May 2024}}

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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,{{Cite magazine |first=Katarzyna |last=Grynienko |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/louise-archambault-irenas-vow-sophie-nelisse-dougray-scott-1235254871/ |title=Louise Archambault's 'Irena's Vow,' Starring Sophie Nélisse, Dougray Scott, Shoots in Poland – C&E Europe News in Brief |magazine=Variety |date=April 29, 2022}} 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 Nazi German officer Eduard Rügemer (Dougray Scott).{{Cite magazine |first=Jeremy |last=Kay |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/sophie-nelisse-dougray-scott-to-star-in-quivers-wartime-drama-irenas-vow-as-westend-launches-sales-exclusive/5170225.article |title=Sophie Nélisse, Dougray Scott to star in Quiver's wartime drama 'Irena's Vow', as WestEnd launches sales |magazine=Screen Daily |date=May 9, 2022}}{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}} The cast also includes Andrzej Seweryn, Eliza Rycembel, Maciej Nawrocki, Aleksandar Milicevic, Tomasz Tyndyk and Nela Maciejewska.{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}}

The film was shot in 2022 in Warsaw and Lublin, Poland.{{cite news |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1889951/louise-archambault-irenas-vow-sophie-nelisse-dougray-scott-pologne-ukraine |title=Louise Archambault de retour d'un tournage de film tout près de l'Ukraine |trans-title=Louise Archambault returning from a film shoot near Ukraine |work=Radio-Canada |date=June 9, 2022 |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=2023-09-13 |title=Toronto: 'Irena's Vow' Director Sees Ukraine Crisis Through Second World War Lens |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/toronto-irenas-vow-director-ukraine-russia-wwii-1235579876/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} It premiered in the Centrepiece program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival in September.{{Cite web |title=Irena's Vow |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/irenas_vow |access-date=August 16, 2024 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |first=John |last=Hazelton |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/tiff-sets-centrepiece-line-up-of-international-cinema/5184801.article |title=TIFF sets Centrepiece line-up of international cinema |magazine=Screen Daily |date=August 10, 2023}} The film was released in Canada on April 19, 2024.