Movie
The Zookeeper's Wife
Overview
The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.
Details
- Release date
- 2017-03-24
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Scion Films, Czech Anglo Pictures, Focus Features, Electric City Entertainment, Mike Tollin Productions, Sierra/Affinity, MadRiver Pictures
- Country
- Czech Republic, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jessica Chastain as Antonina Żabińska
- Daniel Brühl as Lutz Heck
- Johan Heldenbergh as Jan Żabiński
- Michael McElhatton as Jerzyk
- Timothy Radford as Ryszard Żabiński (Younger)
- Efrat Dor as Magda Gross
- Iddo Goldberg as Maurycy Fraenkel
- Shira Haas as Urszula
- Val Maloku as Ryszard Zabinski
- Martha Issová as Regina Kenigswein
- Frederick Preston as Miecio Kenigswein
- Goran Kostić as Mr. Kinszerbaum
Crew
- Niki Caro - Director
- Angela Workman - Screenplay
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