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)
Plots(1)
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
![Jessica Chastain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/160/165160277_47e2d2.jpg)
Jessica Chastain
USA
Best movies:
The Help (2011)
Interstellar (2014)
The Martian (2015)
![Johan Heldenbergh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/330/159330308_b917dd.jpg)
Johan Heldenbergh
Belgium
Best movies:
Quo vadis, Aida? (2020)
Antonia's Line (1995)
Ben X (2007)
![Daniel Brühl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/061/166061154_6ab18f.png)
Daniel Brühl
Spain
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
![Iddo Goldberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576529_8c5cbe.jpg)
Iddo Goldberg
Israel
Best movies:
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV movie)
Uprising (2001) (TV movie)
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
![Shira Haas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/368/164368510_8ffa9c.jpg)
Shira Haas
Israel
Best movies:
Foxtrot (2017)
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
Asia (2020)
![Michael McElhatton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/566/158566879_93714c.jpg)
Michael McElhatton
Ireland
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
The Fall (2013) (series)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
![Val Maloku](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/613/160613470_2ab991.jpg)
Val Maloku
Best movies:
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
Father (2015)
![Martha Issová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/294/164294273_ac938b.jpg)
Martha Issová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Defender (2021) (series)
Dukla 61 (2018) (TV movie)
Even Mice Belong in Heaven (2021)
![Daniel Ratimorský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/277/160277437_c66435.jpg)
Daniel Ratimorský
Best movies:
Tančiareň (2013) (theatrical recording)
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
The Cleaner (2015)
![Goran Kostic](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/893/161893155_9d279e.jpg)
Goran Kostic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Taken (2008)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
![Arnošt Goldflam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268146_0e1ba2.jpg)
Arnošt Goldflam
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Millennial Bee (1983)
The Inheritance (1992)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
![Marián Mitaš](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/182/164182378_40c4a0.jpg)
Marián Mitaš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Suppressed (2023)
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
Toman (2018)
![Martin Hofmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/128/165128106_f4feab.jpg)
Martin Hofmann
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Waves (2024)
The Defender (2021) (series)
![Jitka Smutná](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268243_638122.jpg)
Jitka Smutná
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Rok na vsi (1995) (theatrical recording)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
![Waldemar Kobus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/791/168791887_z71hhh.jpg)
Waldemar Kobus
Poland
Best movies:
Valkyrie (2008)
Black Book (2006)
The Captain (2017)
![Slavko Sobin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/184/158184205_1961d0.jpg)
Slavko Sobin
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Cold War (2018)
The High Sun (2015)
Papillon (2017)
![Alena Mihulová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/430/160430926_9fa0b8.jpg)
Alena Mihulová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
The Cow (1993)
Anthropoid (2016)
![Nataša Burger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274811_b94c9a.jpg)
Nataša Burger
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
The Defender (2021) (series)
Idle Running (1999)
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
![Hana Frejková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281102_0edff5.jpg)
Hana Frejková
UK
Best movies:
Maškaráda čili Fantom Opery (2009) (theatrical recording)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
![Magdalena Lamparska](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/322/162322348_39fc4c.jpg)
Magdalena Lamparska
Poland
Best movies:
Gods (2014)
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
Zero (2009)