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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 II . [ 7 ] [
Mar 29, 2017 · March 29, 2017. 6 min read. Niki Caro ’s new film, “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” stars Jessica Chastain as Antonina Zabinski. It is the true story of Warsaw zookeepers who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust, based on a book by Diane Ackerman. Caro, the director of “ Whale Rider,” “ North Country,” and “ McFarland USA ...
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
Apr 3, 2017 · Image Credit: Focus Features/YouTube Dr. Jan Zabinski was the director of the Warsaw Zoo. He had written numerous books about animal behavior and biology. His daughter, Teresa Zabinski, said this ...
Mar 31, 2017 · 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.
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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Mar 31, 2017 · A zoo, repurposed. The most affecting moment in Niki Caro's The Zookeeper's Wife occurs early on, as the Nazis invade Poland in September 1939. The audience sees this moment as it affects Antonina ...