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The Zookeeper's Wife
2017- 2015 • Feature Film • ReleasedDrama, Adaptation, Historical, PeriodProduction Company
Electric City EntertainmentThe time is 1939. The place is Poland, homeland of Antonina Żabiński and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński. The Warsaw Zoo flourishes under Jan's stewardship and Antonina's care. When their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan and Antonina are forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck. The Żabińskis covertly begin working with the Resistance and put into action plans to save the lives of hundreds from what has become the Warsaw Ghetto, with Antonina putting herself and her children at great risk. Based on a true story.
Production Company
Electric City EntertainmentThe time is 1939. The place is Poland, homeland of Antonina Żabiński and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński. The Warsaw Zoo flourishes under Jan's stewardship and Antonina's care. When their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan and Antonina are forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck. The Żabińskis covertly begin working with the Resistance and put into action plans to save the lives of hundreds from what has become the Warsaw Ghetto, with Antonina putting herself and her children at great risk. Based on a true story.
