![]() If seeing a zoo bombed doesn’t make you cry or at least tear up, you are a heartless individual. ![]() It is thought provoking, edge of your seat thrilling at times, and of course emotional. The movie is one of those stories that completely captivates an audience. ![]() There’s just something about watching the story unfold before your eyes and that gentle reminder in the back of your mind, “Wow, this actually happened to someone”. I always say that movies based on true stories make for the best films. Despite the dangers they faced, Antonia and Jan managed to shelter 300 Jews, right under the Nazi’s noses. With most of the animals either dead from the attack or roaming the streets of Warsaw, and the Nazi’s liquidation of the zoo for the war efforts, Antonia and Jan create a plan to hide the polish Jews within the zoo until safe houses are found for them. The couple carries on with their daily lives as the owners of the zoo, until the morning of Septemwhen German forces storm the Polish capital. Jan Zabinski (Jessica Chastain and Johan Heldenbergh) who run the Warsaw Zoo as the Germans slowly begin to take over the city. The film the incredible true story of Antonina and Dr. The Zookeeper’s Wife is the latest of these films, providing us with yet another exceptional story of bravery in the face of such adversity. It is also a constant reminder to society of the horrors that took place, and that anything remotely close to it must never happen again. ![]() However despite its age as an event in history, many stories of courage in such a frightening time continue to come to light, making for some of the best films. The unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust continue to be the topic of films decades after the event took place. ![]()
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