
Schindler's List(1993)
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.


“They gave all they had to save all they could”
The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.

Jessica Chastain
Antonina Żabińska

Daniel Brühl
Lutz Heck

Johan Heldenbergh
Jan Żabiński

Michael McElhatton
Jerzyk

Timothy Radford
Ryszard Żabiński (Younger)

Efrat Dor
Magda Gross

Iddo Goldberg
Maurycy Fraenkel

Shira Haas
Urszula

Val Maloku
Ryszard Zabinski

Martha Issová
Regina Kenigswein
The Zookeeper's Wife is a drama, history, war film released in 2017 exploring themes of nazi, holocaust (shoah), world war ii, biography, based on true story, zookeeper. Directed by Niki Caro, it stars Jessica Chastain, Daniel Brühl, Johan Heldenbergh. The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.
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