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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.

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    • 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. Rated: 4/5 Aug 20, 2022 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy The Zookeeper's Wife is an accomplished picture, offering a fascinating history lesson even as it remains wholly topical.

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    • Niki Caro
    • PG-13
    • Jessica Chastain
  5. Feb 21, 2017 · The Zookeeper's Wife on DVD July 4, 2017 starring Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Brühl, Michael McElhatton. The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Żabińska (p.

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    • Efrat Dor
    • Niki Caro
  6. The Zookeeper's Wife is a non-fiction book written by the poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman.Drawing on the diary of Antonina Żabińska, unpublished in English (though published in Polish in 1968 [1]), it recounts the true story of how Antonina and her husband, Jan Żabiński, director of the Warsaw Zoo, saved the lives of 300 Jews who had been imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto following the ...

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  8. 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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