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The Zookeeper's Wife

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7.3/10 • 1.5K

2017-03-242h 6m

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They gave all they had to save all they could

The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.

Directors
Niki Caro
Editors
David Coulson

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  1. Jessica Chastain

    Jessica Chastain

    Antonina Żabińska

  2. Daniel Brühl

    Daniel Brühl

    Lutz Heck

  3. Johan Heldenbergh

    Johan Heldenbergh

    Jan Żabiński

  4. Michael McElhatton

    Michael McElhatton

    Jerzyk

  5. Timothy Radford

    Timothy Radford

    Ryszard Żabiński (Younger)

  6. Efrat Dor

    Efrat Dor

    Magda Gross

  7. Iddo Goldberg

    Iddo Goldberg

    Maurycy Fraenkel

  8. Shira Haas

    Shira Haas

    Urszula

  9. Val Maloku

    Val Maloku

    Ryszard Zabinski

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Reno

Nov 4, 2017

8/10

The zoo, the zookeepers and the WWII! There goes another film by a woman director. Recently I've seen many, that the stories told by women. It was a well made film, based on the real, about the WWII. Actually, it all begins prior like in the 1939. The happy couple who was running one of the most notable zoo in all of Europe, in the Poland capital, suddenly started to lose the animals for nazi air raids. The remains were taken away when the city, the nation was invaded. Soon the empty enclosure becomes hideout for the Jeweish. But it is not an easy task, the consequences are serious. How the rest of the story folds out was a little emotional. The best performance by Jessica Chastain continues. She's choosing the nice films and roles. I had expected a big name pairing up with her, but the Belgian actor was good in a small part. Like any WWII film, a heart-wrenching story. Everything was told from the zookeeper's perspective, particularly the wife. The story also takes us outside the enclosure, with a series of glimpses of horror visuals that we had seen in other films. So it limits to what these people did, that's to shelter the Jewish community. Another WWII film from another perspective that one should see it. I've heard that some are saying it was not honest. All the true stories are not exact depictions of truth, but somewhat close, lets us know the facts. Just watch it! 8/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$20,000,000.00
Revenue
$26,152,835.00
Keywords
naziholocaust (shoah)world war iibiographyzookeeperbiting