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The Zookeeper's Wife is a 2017 American war drama film directed by Niki Caro and written by Angela Workman. It is based on Diane Ackerman's non-fiction book of the same name.
Apr 7, 2017 · The Zookeeper's Wife: Directed by Niki Caro. With Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Brühl, Timothy Radford. Keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Niki Caro
- 2017-04-07
Mar 31, 2017 · The time is 1939 and the place is Poland, homeland of Antonina Zabinski and her husband, Dr. Jan Zabinski. The Warsaw Zoo flourishes under Jan's stewardship and Antonina's care.
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- Niki Caro
- PG-13
- Jessica Chastain
Mar 29, 2017 · It's a great—and as yet untold—story: Jan Zabinski and Antonina Zabinska, Polish husband and wife zookeepers, owners of the Warsaw Zoo, opened their zoo to Jewish refugees after the September 1939 German invasion of Poland, and continued to "host" people throughout the occupation, smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto, hiding them in ...
Antonina and her son Ryszard (Timothy Radford and later, Val Maloku) barely survive. As Polish resistance collapses, Dr. Lutz Heck (Daniel Bruhl), the head of the Berlin Zoo and Adolf Hitler's chief zoologist and Jan's professional rival, arrives at the zoo when Jan is away.
When the Nazis invade Poland, Warsaw Zoo caretakers work with the underground resistance to save Jews from the horrors of the Third Reich. Watch trailers & learn more.
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THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE - Official Trailer [HD] - In Theaters March 2017. The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II.
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