The convention whereby actors speak in broken English while delivering dialogue translated from another language seemed dated 30 years ago. QUICK TAKE: Drama: A married couple that runs a Warsaw zoo uses that to hide Jews being persecuted by WWII Nazis. Warning klaxons sound as we open with a shot of Antonina, in the welcome form of Jessica Chastain, curling up with compliant lion cubs while golden sunlight bathes the doomed city. The Zabinski's have two children, Rys and Teresa. They both live in Warsaw, on the Warsaw Zoo. The Zookeeper's owners are Jan Zabinksi, and his wife, Antonina Zabinski. When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsa. The Zookeeper's Wife is a book about two Polish people who have great empathy towards people. The couple, who ran the city’s zoo, smuggled their charges out under heaps of pig-feed and then sheltered them beneath the cages until an escape route presented itself. Read 9921 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. The Zookeeper’s Wife tells the true – and genuinely moving – story of Antonina Zabinski, who, with her husband Jan, helped save hundreds of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto. Turning an incredible true story of a couple who sheltered Jews into bland historical fare is.
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Though a professional operation stuffed with fine actors, Niki Caro’s adaptation of Diane Ackerman’s non-fiction book stumbles over that border with deadening regularity. ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ Review: Jessica Chastain Saves Polish Jews But Can’t Rescue the Movie. But there is an invisible line beyond which prettification risks triggering offence. Not every film concerning the Holocaust needs to exhibit ruthless documentary integrity.