Internationally-acclaimed composer of film music Jan A.P. Kaczmarek has been to Warsaw to supervise the recording of his soundtrack to the American movie Miss Irena’s Children which premieres on CBS Television on 19 April.

The recording was made by the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra under its Music Director Lukasz Borowicz.

Jan A.P. Kaczmarek told Polish media that as the project is very important for Poles he did not hesitate for a moment when offered the opportunity to have a share in it. He said he himself selected the Polish Radio SO under Borowicz as performers.

Miss Irena’s Children is based on the story of Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who saved two and a half thousand Jewish children from the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Poland. The film’s director and co-scriptwriter is John Kent Harrison, whose credits include a feature about Pope John Paul II starring Jon Voight.

The role of Irena Sendler is played by Anna Paquin. Several Polish actors appear in supporting roles (Krzysztof Pieczynski, Jerzy Nowak, Danuta Stenka, Maja Ostaszewska).

Irena Sendler died last year at the age of 98. She held the Order of the White Eagle, Poland’s highest state distinction, and an honorary citizenship of the State of Israel. (mk/pg)