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  1. 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 II . [ 7 ] [

  2. 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.

    • (47K)
    • Biography, Drama, History
    • Niki Caro
    • 2017-04-07
  3. Mar 21, 2017 · Yes. The Nazi bombing of Warsaw in September 1939 left the zoo severely damaged and many of its cages emptied of animals. The Zookeeper's Wife true story confirms that the Zabinskis used the cages to hide fleeing Jews and partisans. They also hid them in the underground pathways connecting the animal cages.

  4. Advertise With Us. 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 ...

    • (181)
    • History, Drama, Biography
    • PG-13
  5. Mar 31, 2017 · The Zookeeper’s Wife, which hits theaters March 31, is mostly about people: Jan and Antonina and the hundreds of Jews they hid in their zoo throughout the course of World War II, risking their ...

  6. Mar 29, 2017 · The rest survived. The film adaptation, written by Angela Workman and directed by Niki Caro (“ Whale Rider “), has many lovely and moving moments but fails to capture the many layers of this unique story, relying instead on plainly-stated metaphors. “A human zoo,” Antonina (Jessica Chastain) breathes, when Jan (Johan Heldenbergh ...

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  8. On September 1, 1939, the aerial bombardment of Warsaw commences as German forces storm Poland. Bombs raze the zoo cages, killing many animals while others escape into the streets. 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 ...