Directed by:
Niki CaroScreenplay:
Angela WorkmanCinematography:
Andrij ParekhComposer:
Harry Gregson-WilliamsCast:
Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Brühl, Iddo Goldberg, Shira Haas, Michael McElhatton, Val Maloku, Martha Issová, Daniel Ratimorský, Goran Kostic (more)VOD (2)
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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 (Jessica Chastain) and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński (Johan Heldenbergh), have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan and Antonina are stunned – and forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck (Daniel Brühl). To fight back on their own terms, Antonina and Jan covertly begin working with the Resistance – and put into action plans to save lives out of what has become the Warsaw Ghetto, with Antonina putting herself and even her children at great risk. (Focus Features)
(more)Cast
![Vilma Frantová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/969/168969670_dzflru.jpg)
Vilma Frantová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
Last of the Cyclists (2014) (TV movie)
![Magdalena Sidonová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277236_e7f99e.jpg)
Magdalena Sidonová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Racek (1996) (theatrical recording)
Autumn Spring (2001)
Identity Card (2010)
![Ester Kočičková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276465_41def1.jpg)
Ester Kočičková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
Men in Hope (2011)
Czech Made Man (2011)
![Petra Bučková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/877/163877556_f0eee3.jpg)
Petra Bučková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Zlatá šedesátá (2015) (theatrical recording)
The Defender (2021) (series)
#annaismissing (2023)
![Roman Vejdovec](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/111/161111094_0f175d.jpg)
Roman Vejdovec
Best movies:
Habermann's Mill (2010)
Czech Century (2013) (series)
Protector (2009)
Roman Horák
Best movies:
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
Blockbuster (1980)
![Ladislav Hampl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/127/166127900_550735.jpg)
Ladislav Hampl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Defender (2021) (series)
Suspicion (2022) (series)
Stairway to Power (2023) (series)
![Václav Neužil ml.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/351/162351704_f101bc.jpg)
Václav Neužil ml.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dabing Street (2014) (theatrical recording)
Dukla 61 (2018) (TV movie)
In the Shadow (2012)
![Brian Caspe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/419/419000_6b478a.jpg)
Brian Caspe
USA
Best movies:
The Martian (2015)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Young Woman and the Sea (2024)
![Jakub Šmíd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/106/160106524_d3b919.jpg)
Jakub Šmíd
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Habermann's Mill (2010)
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
A Girl and a Magician (2009) (TV movie)
![Jaromír Nosek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/882/166882609_ff3dda.jpg)
Jaromír Nosek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Stavrogin je ďábel (2005) (theatrical recording)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Czech Century (2013) (series)
![Daniel Sidon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/452/452491_34796c.jpg)
Daniel Sidon
West Germany
Best movies:
Protector (2009)
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
Golet v údolí (1995)
![Anna Fialová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/036/166036945_e3b7d3.jpg)
Anna Fialová
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Kytice (2020) (theatrical recording)
Amerikánka. Na vzletové ranveji (2022) (theatrical recording)
Eyewitness (2021)
![Štepánka Fingerhutová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/266/163266062_71c8cf.jpg)
Štepánka Fingerhutová
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series)
Rivals Forever - The Sneaker Battle (2015) (TV movie)
The Shadow in My Eye (2021)
![Jakub Koudela](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/112/164112143_8132ee.png)
Jakub Koudela
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Stairway to Power (2023) (series)
Rivals Forever - The Sneaker Battle (2015) (TV movie)
Murder in Polná (2016) (TV movie)
![Josef Havrda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/025/059/25059593_d0c4d5.jpg)
Josef Havrda
Best movies:
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
Slunečná (2020) (series)
Gympl s (r)učením omezeným (2012) (series)
Timothy Radford
Poland
Best movies:
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
![Taťjana Medvecká](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/296/167296047_f2b257.jpg)
Taťjana Medvecká
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Jako bychom se ani neznali (1982) (theatrical recording)
Efrat Dor
Israel
Best movies:
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
Cupcakes (2013)
Mossad! (2019)
Yaz Canli
Best movies:
Bridge of Spies (2015)
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes (2011)