| Record Number |
565260 |
| Title |
The zookeeper's wife. / |
| Publication details |
[Sydney, New South Wales] Roadshow Entertainment, 2017 |
| Pagination etc. |
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Contents note |
Based on the novel by Diane Ackerman. |
| Performer note |
Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Bruhl, Iddo Goldberg, Shira Haas, Michael McElhatton. |
| Summary Note |
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. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| Subject |
Zabinski, Jan, -- 1897-1974 |
| Zabinska, Antonina |
| Ackerman, Diane, -- 1948- |
| Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Drama |
| Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust |
| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |
| Biographical films |
| Historical films |
| Added Entry |
Chastain, Jessica |
| Heldenbergh, Johan |
| Brühl, Daniel |
| Goldberg, Iddo |
| Haas, Shira |
| McElhatton, Michael |
| Ackerman, Diane |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
|
|---|
