The Zookeeper's Wife (film)
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| Directed by | Niki Caro |
| Written by | Angela Workman |
| Based on | The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman |
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| Cinematography | Andrij Parekh |
| Edited by | David Coulson |
| Music by | Harry Gregson-Williams |
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| Distributed by | Focus Features (United States) Universal Pictures (United Kingdom, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Latin America and Eastern Europe) |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
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| Languages | English, German, Hebrew |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $26.2 million |
The Zookeeper's Wife is a 2017 American war drama film directed by Niki Caro and written by Angela Workman. It is based on Diane Ackerman's non-fiction book of the same name. The film tells the true story of how Jan and Antonina Żabiński rescued hundreds of Polish Jews from the Germans by hiding them in their Warsaw zoo during World War II. It stars Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Brühl and Michael McElhatton.
The Zookeeper's Wife had its world premiere on 8 March 2017 in Warsaw, Poland, the location of the story, followed by its US premiere at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California, on 12 March 2017; it was released in the United States on 31 March 2017, by Focus Features, and by Universal Pictures International in the United Kingdom on 21 April 2017. The film was a box office success, grossing $26.2 million on a $20 million budget.