The Zookeeper's Wife
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The Zookeeper's Wife

"They gave all they had to save all they could"

2017 2h 6m ★ 7.3 (1,552 votes) Released

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

Director

Niki Caro

Screenplay

Angela Workman

Rating
7.3
Runtime
126 min
Budget
$20.0M
Revenue
$26.2M
Profit/Loss
+6.2M

Production

Scion Films Scion Films
Czech Anglo Pictures Czech Anglo Pictures
Focus Features Focus Features
Electric City Entertainment
Mike Tollin Productions
Sierra/Affinity Sierra/Affinity
MadRiver Pictures MadRiver Pictures

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Reno
★ 8/10 Nov 4, 2017

**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_

Keywords

naziholocaust (shoah)world war iibiographybased on true storyzookeeperbiting

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