The Zookeeper's Wife
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- Common Sense Age 14+
- Critics Consensus 64%
- HD
- CC
- SDH
- AD
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- Drama
- 2 Hours 6 Minutes
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4.2 • 90 Ratings
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In 1939 Poland, Antonina Zabinska (two-time Academy Award® nominee Jessica Chastain) and her husband successfully run the Warsaw Zoo and raise their family in an idyllic existence. Their world is overturned, however, when the country is invaded by the Nazis and they are forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed zoologist (Daniel Brühl). To fight back on their own terms, the Zabinskis risk everything by covertly working with the Resistance and using the zoo's hidden tunnels and cages to save families from Nazi brutality.
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In 1939 Poland, Antonina Zabinska (two-time Academy Award® nominee Jessica Chastain) and her husband successfully run the Warsaw Zoo and raise their family in an idyllic existence. Their world is overturned, however, when the country is invaded by the Nazis and they are forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed zoologist (Daniel Brühl). To fight back on their own terms, the Zabinskis risk everything by covertly working with the Resistance and using the zoo's hidden tunnels and cages to save families from Nazi brutality.
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- Rent $3.99
- Buy $14.99
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Ratings and Reviews
Critics Consensus: The Zookeeper's Wife has noble intentions, but is ultimately unable to bring its fact-based story to life with quite as much impact as it deserves.
Intense, violent true story about courage in WWII.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Niki Caro
- Screenwriter
- Angela Workman
Information
- Studio
- Focus Features
- Genre
- Drama
- Released
- Copyright
- © 2017 Focus Features. All Rights Reserved.
Languages
- Primary
- English (Audio Description, Stereo, Dolby 5.1)
- Additional
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French (Subtitles), Spanish (Subtitles, Stereo)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
- SDH
- Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) refer to subtitles in the original language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
- AD
- Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.