Jessica Chastain
Antonina Zabinski
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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 . [6] The film tells the true story of how Jan and Antonina Żabiński rescued hundreds of Polish Jews from the Germans by hiding them in their Warsaw zoo during World War ...
- Angela Workman
Apr 7, 2017 · A film based on a true story of a couple who sheltered Jews in the Warsaw Zoo during WWII. Starring Jessica Chastain, Daniel Brühl, and Johan Heldenbergh, directed by Niki Caro.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Niki Caro
- 2017-04-07
Plot summary. In the 1930s, Jan Żabiński is the director of a thriving zoo in Warsaw, Poland. His wife, Antonina, has a remarkable empathy with animals, and their villa in the zoo acts as a nursery and residence for numerous animals, as well as for their son. This part of their life abruptly ends with the German invasion of Poland on ...
- Diane Ackerman
- United States
- 2007
- English
Mar 31, 2017 · A historical drama based on the true story of a Polish couple who sheltered Jews in their zoo during World War II. See the trailer, cast, critics' and audience's opinions, and where to watch the film online.
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- Niki Caro
- PG-13
- Jessica Chastain
Mar 21, 2017 · Compare the actors and characters of the movie The Zookeeper's Wife, based on the true story of Antonina Zabinski, a zookeeper who saved Jews during World War II. See the differences and similarities between Jessica Chastain, Daniel Brühl and Johan Heldenbergh and their real-life counterparts.
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 ...
