The zookeeper's wife / Focus Features presents a Scion Films production ; an Electric City Entertainment, Tollin Productions and Rowe Miller Productions production ; produced by Jeff Abberley, Jamie Patricof, Diane Miller Levin, Kim Zubick ; written by Angela Workman ; directed by Niki Caro.

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The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Żabińska and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński, have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When the Germans invade their country, they are forced to re...

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Corporate Authors: Scion Films (Production company)
Focus Features (Presenter)
Electric City Entertainment (Firm) (Production company)
Tollin Productions (Production company)
Rowe Miller Productions (Production company)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors: Caro, Niki, 1967- (Film director)
Workman, Angela (Screenwriter)
Abberley, Jeff (Film producer)
Patricof, Jamie (Film producer)
Levin, Diane Miller (Film producer)
Zubick, Kim (Film producer)
Chastain, Jessica, 1977- (Actor)
Brühl, Daniel, 1978- (Actor)
Heldenbergh, Johan, 1967- (Actor)
Goldberg, Iddo, 1975- (Actor)
Haas, Shira, 1995- (Actor)
McElhatton, Michael, 1963- (Actor)
Gregson-Williams, Harry (composer (expression))
Coulson, David, 1955- (Editor of moving image work)
Parekh, Andrij, 1971- (director of photography.)
Ackerman, Diane, 1948-
Language:English
Spanish
French
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English or Spanish dialogue; Spanish or French subtitles; Closed-captioned in English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); described video.
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, [2017]
Subjects:
Żabiński, Jan, > 1897-1974 > Drama.
Żabińska, Antonina > Drama.
Ackerman, Diane, > 1948- > Film adaptations.
Ackerman, Diane, > 1948- > Film adaptations > Drama.
Ackerman, Diane, > 1948-
Żabińska, Antonina.
Żabiński, Jan, > 1897-1974.
Jews > Poland > Warsaw > Drama.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust > Poland > Warsaw > Drama.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Warsaw > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > Poland > Warsaw > Drama.
Zoo keepers > Poland > Warsaw > Drama.
Ethnic relations.
Jews.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
Zoo keepers.
Warsaw (Poland) > Ethnic relations > Drama.
Poland > Warsaw.
1939-1945
Feature films.
Biographical films.
Nonfiction films.
Historical films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Film adaptations
Feature films.
Biographical films.
Nonfiction films.
Historical films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Żabińska and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński, have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When the Germans invade their country, they are forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck. To fight back on their own terms, Antonina and Jan covertly begin working with the Resistance.
Note:Based on the novel by Diane Ackerman.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.
Bonus features: deleted scenes; The making of "The Zookeeper's wife"; The Żabiński family.
Call Number:PN1995.9.B55 Z66 2017 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic elements, disturbing images, violence, brief sexuality, nudity and smoking.
ISBN:9786316886064
6316886063
Credits:Music by Harry Gregson-Williams ; editor, David Coulson ; cinematographer, Andrij Parekh.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; anamorphic wide screen (2.40:1); dual layer.
Cast:
Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Bruhl, Iddo Goldberg, Shira Haas, Michael McElhatton, Timothy Radford, Efrat Dor.