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The Zookeepers Wife (Blu-ray)

Niki Caro (Director), Johan Heldenbergh (Actor), Efrat Dor (Actor) Format: Blu-ray

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Genre	Drama
Format	Blu-ray
Contributor	Jessica Chastain, Efrat Dor, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Bruhl, Niki Caro
Language	English
Runtime	2 hours and 6 minutes

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Poland, 1939, Antonina Zabinski (Jessica Chastain) and her husband are the devoted custodians of the beloved Warsaw Zoo. Then one day, their whole world is rocked to the core--the nazis invade Poland and establish the horrific Warsaw Ghetto. Now in a time chaos and brutality, the brave Zabinski family risk everything by covertly working with the Resistance to smuggle hundreds of Jews out of the ghetto to hide them in the zoo. But this brings them to the attention of the reich's evil new commander (Daniel Bruhl). Frightened, threatened and increasingly in danger, Antonina and her family show that in a world of fear, you can create a place of hope. By their heroic actions, the real-life Zabinski saved the lives of hundreds of Jews.

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Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.4 x 13.5 x 17 cm; 80 Grams
Item Model Number ‏ : ‎ R-126798-8
Director ‏ : ‎ Niki Caro
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray
Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 6 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ 2 August 2017
Actors ‏ : ‎ Johan Heldenbergh, Efrat Dor, Daniel Bruhl, Jessica Chastain
Language ‏ : ‎ English (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1)
Studio ‏ : ‎ Roadshow Entertainment
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B075JZDQRH
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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prompt delivery, great dvd

Reviewed in Australia on 13 February 2019

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I ordered this DVD as I had just finished reading the book, and wanted to see the story conveyed on screen. Well worthwhile.

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Great thank you!

Reviewed in Australia on 26 January 2022

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Johnno

A must see

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 October 2017

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A touching reminder of the mostly unacknowledged heroes of the Holocaust.
The tension of this family losing most of their animals who they had an intimate relationship with, followed by the danger of liberating 300 polish jews from the Warsaw ghetto keeps you on edge all the time with them. This is a true story with bonus interviews with the reaĺ children who were there makés this an amazing film. Great visuals, magnificent story, great to see Daniel Brühl play against his usual gentle character as well as a magnificent performance by Jessica Chastain, who like the character she is playing formed a hands on bonđ with all the ànimals, all done with a polish accent! It will upset you to watch but ìs an inspiring well made movie that tells the story of suffering in order to help others.

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andy

An incredible couple

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 April 2018

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Antonina and Jan Zabinski were incredible people and “The Zookeeper’s Wife” gives a fictionalised account of part of their lives and in many respects does so, very competently indeed, and this is something that is confirmed in the “Making Of” feature. This is not a bad film, but for me it isn’t a memorable one for the right reasons. Beyond giving the known facts of what the couple did – and what they did was very great indeed, the film is a bit of a painting-by-numbers film and is too sanitised and too sentimental.

Antonina Zabinski is played by Californian actress Jessica Chastain, and I found the heavy accent that she gave her character a bit too distracting at times. The original dialogue of the film is spoken in English but whereas the native English speaker Chastain sounded almost a parody at times, Belgian actor Johan Heldenbergh who plays Jan Zabinski and German actor Daniel Brühl in his role as Lutz Heck, both sounded much more convincing with their “Polish” and “German” English dialogue. On top of any dialogue criticisms, at times the sound of animals and the noise from the soundtrack made the dialogue almost inaudible and I had to revert to the subtitles!

If you are familiar with Irena Sendler and the tv movie about her: “The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler” also known as “The Warsaw Ghetto”, then you might see similarities between “The Zookeeper’s Wife” and “The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler” also known as “The Warsaw Ghetto” – both are about incredible people and not dissimilar stories, but those stories are both shown cinematically not in the most impressive way.

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On the DVD (ASIN: B06ZZ6ZL6K) you get:

“The Zookeeper’s Wife” (2 hour 1 minute)
Chapters Selection
Extra Features:
Deleted Scenes (six scenes)
“Making Of” (7 minutes)
“The Zabinski Family” (4 minutes)
Language Choice: (English, French, German and Descriptive English)
Subtitled Choice: (English and nine other languages)

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Kittykent

Incredible bravery - excellent film

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 February 2018

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This is quite a shocking film, considering it is based on a true story. A very touching story of bravery during the war. Jessica Chastain is excellent too, she is such a diverse actor. I don't think I have ever seen her in a bad film.

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frances donnelly

it's a true story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 March 2021

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loved this film. A Polish couple have a zoo and this is a means to help Jewish people escape . The relationship the wife has with the animals is mindblowing, a really good movie.

BESTY

Excellent for anyone who enjoys war stories

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 November 2017

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Really enjoyed this film - good family film especially as my Son (13) loves war films/books.

Would highly recommend to anyone enjoyed the Book Thief.

Bought to take on a recent holiday - great choice for a cosy movie night

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