Title: The Zookeper's Wife
Original Title: The Zookeeper's Wife
Year: 2017
Info
- Country: USA UK
- Language: Hebrew Polish
- Length: 127 Minutes (2 hours 7 min)
- Budget: $20,000,000
- Genre: Biography Drama History
- Studios: Czech Anglo Productions LD Entertainment
- Distributor: eOne Films Spain
- Age rating: 12 (Suitable for 12 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: April 21 2017
- United States: March 31 2017
Plot
This historical drama is directed by Niki Caro ('Whale Rider', 'North Country') and written by Angela Workman. It is based on a true story, told in the homonymous book written by Diane Ackerman. Jessica Chastain and Johan Heldenbergh play the Zabinski couple. Jan and Antonina Zabinski were the owners of a zoo in the town of Warsaw, Poland, during the Second World War. This married couple went down in history for saving countless Jews' lives, by keeping them hidden in the animal cages of their zoo. 'The Zookeeper's Wife' tells the story of how they put their lives at risk in order to hide hundreds of people from the eye of the German Army. Among the cast, we can also find actor Daniel Brühl.
Cast
Director:
Antonina Zabinska
Jan Zabinski
Lutz Heck
Maurycy Fraenkel
Urszula
Jerzyk
Mr. Kinszerbaum
Videos
'The zookeeper's wife' clip- Heck's offer
March 30 2017
'The zookeeper's wife' clip- Jan's plan
March 30 2017
'The Zookeepers's Wife' Trailer
November 20 2016
Photos
Trivia
Learning german
In-between takes, Jessica Chastain claims she was taught "the nastiest German" swear-words by co-star Daniel Brühl.
Diane Ackerman
Diane Ackerman's non-fiction book was greatly inspired by the unpublished diary of Antonina Zabinska and Jan Zabinski, the director of the Warsaw Zoo in Poland.
Lion baby cubs
Real-life lion baby cubs were used on set.
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