Keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland.Keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland.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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- 2 wins & 4 nominations
Theo Preston
- Stefcio Kenigswein
- (as Theodore Preston)
Viktoria Zakharyanova
- Stefania Keningswein
- (as Viktoria Zakharyanová)
Marian Mitas
- Stefan
- (as Marián Mitas)
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- TriviaAll the animals you see are real, there is no CGI use.
- GoofsWhen the children are singing the Four Questions, they are using the modern Safardic pronunciation and tune rather than the Ashkenazi, used in eastern Europe.
- Quotes
Antonina Zabinski: You can never tell who your enemies are, or who to trust. Maybe that's why I love animals so much. You look in their eyes, and you know exactly what's in their hearts. They're not like people.
- SoundtracksContinental Bounce
Written by Hans Zander
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Fauna during a war-torn Poland
This biographical tearjerker might leave you split up in two: one part shedding tears over the animals in the zoo and the other part over the fellow men hunted by the Third Reich.
"The Zookeeper's Wife" tells the true horrifying story of the crimes committed in the Warsaw Zoo during the Nazi occupation of a war-torn Poland. Jessica Chastain plays the main character who together with her husband Jan Zabinski, played brilliantly by Belgian actor Johan Heldenbergh, save thousands of Jews from the arms of the Nazi regime.
The movie felt like it did not draw enough attention to the animals and I believe that's what made the premise appealing in the first place. No one would think of how animals reacted to the atrocities of World War II and this film could have been the chance to do it. Instead it heavily features the refugees, a depiction that has been painted many times on the silver screen.
"The Zookeeper's Wife" is a decent film, but ultimately it doesn't stand out from others within the genre.
"The Zookeeper's Wife" tells the true horrifying story of the crimes committed in the Warsaw Zoo during the Nazi occupation of a war-torn Poland. Jessica Chastain plays the main character who together with her husband Jan Zabinski, played brilliantly by Belgian actor Johan Heldenbergh, save thousands of Jews from the arms of the Nazi regime.
The movie felt like it did not draw enough attention to the animals and I believe that's what made the premise appealing in the first place. No one would think of how animals reacted to the atrocities of World War II and this film could have been the chance to do it. Instead it heavily features the refugees, a depiction that has been painted many times on the silver screen.
"The Zookeeper's Wife" is a decent film, but ultimately it doesn't stand out from others within the genre.
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- Vợ Người Giữ Thú
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- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $17,571,660
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,288,835
- Apr 2, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $26,152,835
- Runtime2 hours 7 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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