Later in the film, a person is forced into bed where it appears another rape will occur, but the victim manages to prevent it.Īnd, of course, just outside of view to us lie the atrocities of the Holocaust. The rape takes place off-screen, but the aftermath is presented as a brutal reminder of some of the things the people in the ghettos actually experienced. The next time we see the girl, she is stumbling out of the alley, blood running down her legs. As Jan is driving his truck through the ghetto, he sees a teenage girl being accosted by two German soldiers who then force her into a dark alley. There is gun violence in the film (towards humans and animals), with a few startling moments that may disturb some viewers.īut it’s the very dark implied violence in the film that may give parents pause when deciding whether this film is appropriate for their teens. There is split-second female nudity in one of the opening scenes while the Zabinski’s are talking, and later in the movie we see them passionately kissing in bed with the implication that it leads to sex, though nothing is seen. It contains only one profanity (“Oh my G*d”) and no other foul language or suggestive humor of any kind, which alone is a monumental feat in movies these days. “The Zookeeper’s Wife” is a difficult film to rate in terms of moral quality. As the trips become more harrowing for Jan, Antonina also begins to have increasing difficulty keeping her “human zoo” from the ever-watchful and invasive eye of Heck. This plan delights Heck, and Jan begins traveling back and forth from the ghetto smuggling a few Jewish people each trip. Despite the close proximity of the Nazi occupiers, Antonina and Jan devise a plan to turn their zoo into a pig farm to provide food for the soldiers and suggest driving into the ghetto to collect trash to use as feed for the pigs. The German soldiers set up day camp at the zoo, led by the recently promoted Lutz Heck, who uses any opportunity he can to be near Antonina. Not long after, the German invasion begins with an aerial bombing of the city and soon the occupation is in full swing as the Jewish citizens of Warsaw are rounded up and forced to live in the ghetto with little food and nothing to provide them with warmth. One guests jokes (with little humor in his voice) that they will all be speaking German by the end of the year. The party is also where we first begin to sense the simmering tension felt by the people of Warsaw regarding Hitler and the German advancement in Europe. This catches the eye of Lutz Heck (Daniel Brühl), the head zoologist of the Berlin Zoo, who seems to sense some kind of connection with Antonina, despite the very obvious devotion she has for her husband. This scene is interrupted by a medical emergency on the zoo grounds involving a newborn elephant, and Antonina’s gift is on full display as she comes to the baby pachyderm’s rescue. Antonina lives and works at the Warsaw Zoo with her zoologist husband, and we first meet her (and many of her animal friends) in a beautiful opening sequence as she bicycles through the zoo wishing good morning to every creature she sees.Īt a zoologist party the Zabinski’s host in an early scene of the film, the party guests comment (with various degrees of jealousy) of the magical gift Antonina seems to possess when it comes to the animals. Jan Żabiński (Johan Heldenbergh), helped save the lives of hundreds of Jewish people during the German invasion of Warsaw during WWII. “The Zookeeper’s Wife” tells the incredible true story of Antonina Zabinski (portrayed by two-time Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain), who, along with her husband Dr. Jakub Koudela … German Soldier Buying Magazine Stepánka Fingerhutová … Photographer's Girlfriend Josef Guruncz … Smoking German Soldier #2 Gabriel Cohen … Smoking German Soldier #1 Cole Abbett … Teresa Zabinska (9 months old) Viktorie Jenickova … Teresa Zabinska (2 years old)Īdira B.
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