The Zookeeper's Wife

Film Info
Director(s):Niki Caro
Editor(s):David Coulson
Principal Cast:Jessica Chastain
Daniel Brühl
Johan Heldenbergh
Cinematographer:Andrij Parekh
Producer:Marc Butan
Jessica Chastain
Mickey Liddell
Jennifer Monroe
Pete Shilaimon
Michael Tollin
Robbie Tollin
Kevan Van Thompson
Country:USA
Year of Production:2016
Running Time:126 min.
Language(s):English
Categories:Narrative
Genre-Subject:Holocaust & WWII
Anti-Semitism
Human Rights
Literary Adaptations
Drama
History
Women

Description

Based on the best-selling nonfiction book, Academy Award® nominee Jessica Chastain stars as a working mother who becomes a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Zabinska has the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under her care. After the Nazi invasion, Antonina is forced to report to the Reich's chief zoologist. To fight back on her own terms, she covertly begins working with the Resistance and puts into action plans to save lives from the Warsaw Ghetto, with Antonina putting herself and even her children at great risk.

Director Niki Caro in person