Driving by their deep will of helping the Jewish that suffer from the bloody attack of the Germans, that leads the lives of dozens to death, two married couple and zookeepers, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, open their zoo and house to help the Jewish and treat them, till they find a safe place to live in.
13 November 1984, Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia
11 November 1985, New Britain, Connecticut, USA
13 November 1984, Düsseldorf, Germany
11 May 1995
17 July 1981, Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
16 June 1978, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
19 December 2006, Warsaw, Poland
22 September 1946, Brno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
January1945, London, England, UK
11 May 1970, Prague, Czechoslovakia
4 May 1965, Brno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
26 April 1975, Gizycko, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland
11 May 1975, Santa Cruz, California, USA
31 March 1978, Ceské Budejovice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
24 March 1977, Sacramento, California, USA
June 18, 2017
...a well-intentioned yet entirely misbegotten endeavor that squanders a good cast and searing true-life setup.March 31, 2017
How this was managed is truly inspiring, but the way it plays out in Angela Workman's script (adapted from Diane Ackerman's bestseller) is strictly by the numbers.March 31, 2017
If it's remembered at all, it will be seen as a missed opportunity to tell a powerful story.April 05, 2017
It doesn't burn through the conscience and haunt you forever like Schindler's List, but in spite of its laid-back reluctance to shock and horrify, it's never trivial or boring.March 31, 2017
Jessica Chastain is relaxed with some actual lion cubs, and there's a bunny that should win an Oscar. But when the film pivots to the scared human beings down below, you get a hint of the weirder, tougher drama it might have been.May 24, 2017
It is a story of selflessness and bravery I had not heard before and it surely inspires.May 24, 2017
Chastain's performance is truly riveting and the Oscar-nominated actress shines every time she appears on screen.June 10, 2017
The film could have been an excellent introduction to a relatively unknown historical figure, but it doesn't eloquently capture the essence of their real life struggle.June 15, 2017
"The Zookeeper's Wife" has a very particular, quite amazing story to tell and yet, somehow it squanders the opportunity.May 18, 2017
The Zookeeper's Wife is a story worth telling, and while it's not faultless, I believe it's a story Workman, Caro and Chastain have told well.April 04, 2017
Niki Caro breaks out of the genre and emerges with a truly moving and original film. She uses the familiar structure of survival and rescue, but her focus is on the mechanics of cruelty itself in an unlikely setting.March 31, 2017
Again and again, the fuse is lit and then fizzles. Eventually, bewildered disinterest sets in.