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The real life story of how the zookeepers in Warsaw, Poland became part of the resistance during World War II. Starring Jessica Chastain. Rated PG13.
A working wife and mother became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Zabinska and her husband, Dr. Jan Zabinski, have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing. When the Germans invade their country, they are forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist. To fight back on their own terms, Antonina and Jan covertly begin working with the Resistance. Based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Diane Ackerman.