The Zookeeper's Wife

The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)

Timing: 2:6 (126 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2017-03-24

Country

Czech Republic, United Kingdom, United States

Production

Focus Features, Scion Films, Czech Anglo Productions, LD Entertainment

Genre

Drama, History, War

Budget

$20 000 000

Revenue

$26 152 835

Website

http://www.focusfeatures.com/thezookeeperswife/

Director

Niki Caro

Actors

Jessica Chastain, Daniel Brühl, Johan Heldenbergh, Michael McElhatton, Timothy Radford, Efrat Dor, Iddo Goldberg, Shira Haas, Val Maloku, Martha Issová
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Scenario

Producer

Jeff Abberley, Kim Zubick, Jamie Patricof, Diane Miller Levin, Marc Butan, Mickey Liddell, Michael Tollin, Kevan Van Thompson, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Monroe

Operator

Andrij Parekh

Composer

Harry Gregson-Williams

Artist

Audition

Elaine Grainger

Editing

David Coulson
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• The film is based on a book by Diane Ackerman, based on the diaries of Antonina Żabińska.
• Israel awarded the Żabiński family the title of Righteous Among the Nations.
• Antonina Żabińska skillfully played the piano. When Nazis came to the house, she played a very loud and passionate melody to warn the Jews in their home that they needed to remain as quiet as possible.
• The Warsaw Ghetto was created by the Nazis during the occupation of Poland. During its existence, the ghetto's population decreased from 450,000 to 37,000 people.
• The real Jan Żabiński was appointed caretaker of Warsaw's parks and green spaces. He regularly entered the territory of the ghetto as an official, and despite the fear of being executed, he secretly supplied the ghetto's residents with food and medicine on each visit. He managed to smuggle out several dozen Jews in his truck and hide them in his house.
• The events depicted in the film took place in Warsaw, but the filming was done in Prague.
• Real lion cubs participated in the filming.
• Between takes, Daniel Brühl taught Jessica Chastain German swear words.