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

eng

videorecording

MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic elements, disturbing images, violence, brief sexuality, nudity and smoking

The zookeeper's wife

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a Scion Films production ; an Electric City Entertainment, Tollin Productions and Rowe Miller Productions production ; a film by Niki Caro ; produced by Jeff Abberley p.g.a, Jamie Patricof p.g.a., Diane Miller Levin p.g.a., Kim Zubick p.g.a. ; written by Angela Workman ; directed by Niki Card

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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 Żabinski, 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

live action