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The Zookeeper's Wife is a 2017 war drama film directed by Niki Caro, based on the 2007 non-fiction book by Diane Ackerman. The film tells the 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. It stars Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Brühl and Michael McElhatton.
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As many European countries celebrate the end of World War II this month there have been lots of showings on movies about the war. In the Netherlands we celebrate the end of the war on May 5th and I watched this movie a couple of days later. If you're curious please read on about the story (no spoilers) and my opinion of it! The Movie The movie tells the story of Antonia and Jan Zabynsky who run a zoo together in War…More
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The Zookeeper's Wife is an intense, sometimes-brutal drama based on the true story (which inspired Diane Ackerman's same-named book) of a couple who helped save hundreds of Warsaw Jews during World War II. Jessica Chastain stars as Antonina Zabinski, who, with her husband, Jan (Johan Heldenbergh), turned their zoo into a different kind of sanctuary during the Nazis' occupation of their city. Expect many disturbing s…