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Anyone who has had the good fortune of meeting Jessica Chastain will reiterate what I’m about to inform you: this woman puts Gandhi to shame when it comes to being kind. I’ve been a huge fan of hers since the beginning of my film-obsessed years, so being able to express that to her–as well as shaking her hand–after her Q&A was the high point of my life (events like getting married or children being born will most definitely not eclipse this). Even as security tried to prevent it, she stayed around until everyone got an autograph or a picture. That should tell you all you need to know. As for the film itself, it’s unfortunately not very good. It’s a…
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me, about the zoo animals every time jessica chastain was hanging out with them: god i wish that were me
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daniel bruhl’s filmography except every time he plays a nazi it gets faster
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this formula of alternating between jessica chastain cradling baby animals and jessica chastain scamming nazis is really working
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i love fluffy animals. i love jessica chastain. i love jessica chastain kissing fluffy animals. i love
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We may never run out of movies to make about World War II, the people who lived through it, and the people who didn’t. It may seem a bit obvious given the global scope of the conflict, but the sheer number of narratives that have emerged from the period is truly mind-boggling, bordering on the infinite, and it often feels as though most of them have made their way in front of a camera. The Holocaust alone offers more stories than we could ever hope to pass along — in Niki Caro’s beautifully realized and occasionally stirring “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” even the animals have their own tales to tell. Adapted from Diane Ackerman’s book of the same name, Caro’s most…
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the big question is: is Daniel Bruhl being typecasted as a Nazi (if so, I’m sad for him), or does he specifically request Nazi roles (if so, I’m scared of him)?
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We have Schindlers List (1993) at home
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only the jewish that lived in the holocaust know what that war was, beside that I’m so grateful for the people that was able to help so many people, definitely they didn’t deserve that just for being Jewish,
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Nazis bad
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Feel bad for the animals tho
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As a polish person, it terrifies me to think that this could happen all over again. I love the movie itself though.
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אני אוהבת סרטי שואה (עם כמה שזה מוזר חחח) אבל זה לא מוצלח כל כך.
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HOW DARE THEM TO KILL THE ANIMALS GRRR 😡😡😡😡😡
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This movie is based on the true story of the owners of the Warsaw Zoo- covering the time from when the Germans first invaded Poland in September of 1939 through the wind of the war. The owners, Jan and Antonina Sabrinski saw an opportunity to use their zoo and its facilities to hide and smuggle Jews out of the ghetto and into safe housing. It’s an amazing story and the movie does a good job of retelling it, showing the…
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Jess Chastain is amazing
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There’s a frame in the movie where Daniel Bruhl’s character is standing next to an Eagle just after killing an Eagle. That sums up his character basically. Jessica Chastain played the role perfectly. Bravo. I also cried like 5 times in the first 20 mins but we don’t talk about that.
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Keepers list. In all seriousness, as a zoo keeper I can’t watch this without wondering how some scenes were filmed in those cages and handling of certain animals. The brutality of how these animals were killed on screen wasn’t fun to watch at all. Sometimes I can’t suspend my belief with animal films.
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לא מאמינה שדרכתי בבית הזה ובגן חיות הזה בין הסרטים האהובים עליי לנצח
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Jjo 8 月 2, 2026
so we were allowed to watch this in eighth grade but we couldn’t watch barbie
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“passover starts tonight” ☹️
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well done great historic context shows the vulnerability and strength of a woman well. from overall tragedy to how power imbalance creates perfect condition for predator to sa to empathy for humans and animals to adaptability to motherhood its overall good movie for it raises so many concepts and awearness for tons of social issues that still exist today
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love the actor not the character. daniel brühl luv to collect all the nazi characters
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I swear, if one soldier had come into my zoo and so much as side-eyed one of my animals, Nazi Germany would’ve been cooked
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ואוו זה היה חתיכת סרט ואני כל כך אהבתי ששילבו שם גם עוד דמויות וחסידי אומות עולם וזה באמת באמת סרט שחובה לראות
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I cried and then I cried some more
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What the hell, I thought it was going to be about a zoo
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الفيلم خرج سنة 2017 ومبني على أحداث حقيقية، كيعاود قصة “أنتونينا” وراجلها “جان” اللي كانت عندهم حديقة الحيوانات فوارسو البولندية، ومع بداية الحرب العالمية الثانية واحتلال النازيين، تحولات الحديقة ديالهم من مكان مسالم لمخبأ سري قدر يعتق حياة مئات اليهود من الموت. من الناحية الدرامية، السيناريو اعتمد على بناء هادئ كيركز على التوتر النفسي والخوف اليومي بلا ما يحتاج للأكشن، وركز على الجانب العاطفي والإنساني كثر من السياسي. هاد القصة بانت كثر بأداء استثنائي من Jessica Chastain اللي قدرات تجمع…
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Wow a tearjerker. So good and based on a true story?? I love good humans.
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Ce film est magnifique. Il m’a tellement fait pleurer c’est si émouvant. Une femme avec tant d’empathie prend la décision de sauver des juifs et ses animaux c’est si beau et malheureux à la fois.
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é um dos filmes mais lindos e dolorosos que já vi, eu nunca mais quero assistir de novo. 🤍
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This is such an underrated ww2 movie, really interesting seeing the war from different points of view, in this case while focusing on what happens to the animals at war, it mostly focuses on the recognition of the valor and bravery of the people that helped jews during the war, this being a true story only adds up to the huge range emotions this movie makes you go through. Again a masterpiece of a performance by Jessica Chastain.
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Antonina with her beautiful face and kind heart,her spirit is pure and warm,i can’t express how much I love Jessica in this film
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хороший фильм на основе реальных событий. актриса безупречна
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Nni 7 月 23, 2026
la signoria dello zucchero versato
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Beautiful heartwarming movie.
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Beautiful, heartbreaking true story. Goes deep into Nazi’s inhumane and inhuman treatment of the Jews and the heroic people who sought to aid those in peril. A true story.
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Really great depiction of the holocaust but I wish the husband wasnt left just a mystery towards the end only to come back for the happy ending
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daniel basta collezionare nazisti…
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polandia vibes
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kinda beautiful very depressing overall gutwrenching
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it’s a 12 fuckin pm and u r making me cry rn u dont have the right to show an elephant being shot at 16 minutes
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Great actress! Planning on visiting the zoo in Poland!
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maia xodzea
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can’t imagine they risk anything to keep people for 7 years without getting caught.
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Даниэль, прошу..хватит играть нацистов
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Ojala m vaya bien en el oral 🙏
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it hits differently when you live 10 minutes away from this zoo.
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poproszę 1 roczny bilet wstępu do warszawskiego zoo
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Muy bonita película, amo mucho a los animales y a las personas que de verdad se preocupan por los niños y mujeres, las dictaduras nunca trajeron ninguna buena respuestas.
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Came for the animals, cried for the story. A very well done film… but I will, respectfully, not be watching again. Would DIE to be Jessica Chastain while filming.
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Il film ha fatto piangere e ha messo molta ansia boia, quando il marito era sparito ho temuto il peggio per lui ma quando era ricomparso ero contentissima.
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everything that happened back then was horrific, but it’s so hard for me to watch animals being killed…
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хочу в Варшаву и в зоопарк
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É triste
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marcou minha vida
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this is the second movie i tried to watch with my mom where she ended up falling asleep 30 minutes in
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Jessica Chastain being a zoekeeper’s wife and trying to maintain her daily works under nazi attacks was everything some random friday evening could give me.
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🐪🦓🐇🐘5.8/10🇵🇱👱🏻♀️ The zookeeper’s wife – אשת בעל גן החיות בוא נגיד בקצרה – סרט חמוד אך משעמם משחק טוב, אחלה צילום ותלבושות ואווירה וכאלה, אחלה קאסט באמת טוב, סיפור מעניין סך הכל אבל הבעיה שאיך שהם העבירו אותו לא היה הכי מוצלח כי יחסית לסיפור מאוד מעניין היו הרבה רגעים משעממים ודיאלוגים בלי הרבה עניין שתופס אותך אך גם היו רגעים מאוד מרגשים שאם הייתי רואה אולי לבד בבית אותי גם היה מעציב אותי באמת אבל גם החוויה של הצפייה הייתה רעה אז בכלל לסיכום סרט חמוד קצת אוברייטד קצת אוברהייטד אבל באמת חמוד אבל באמת משעמם לא הייתי ממליץ למי שלא רואה/ראה הרבה סרטי שואה
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An ok film The acting, cinematography and plot are fine. The pace isn’t that good The film is mostly boring but knowing that the main theme of the movie is real is very shocking and entertaining and the film did have some very good traumatizing and disturbing scenes that depict the horrors of WW2. The ending is fine and somewhat boring…but because it’s supposed to be accurate you just can’t change the ending. That’s the problem with accurate films because…
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That scene in which children were expecting him to hug them and help them run away with arms open broke my heart into pieces.
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Everyone needs to watch this movie
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I hate hitler
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A film based on real events where Jessica Chastain becomes the ultimate heroine for both animals and humans, running a zoo during World War II
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That one was good but there was something missing to get five. Some scenes seems to be just ridiculous, like the one when the boy is shouting something about Hitler in front of one of his officials it’s just like WHY YOU DID THAT??? And the beginning was so sad (most of those cute animals are dying).
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I learn a lot in this movie
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she needed a bigger duvet/blanket
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Film davvero difficile da digerire, una storia vera che ti mette un angoscia incredibile. Il film è stupendo, fatto benissimo e attori bravissimi. Questo film meritava sicuramente almeno una candidatura agli Oscar e anche Jessica Chastein che si presenta ancora una volta un ottima attrice. Il film ti fa capire la crudeltà dei nazzisti, e ti farà rimanere con l’angoscia per giorni.
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PROFISSÃO PERFEITA
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I thought it’s going to be full of sweetness overload of wild life in a popular zoom. I DONT EVEN EXPECT IT TO BE CAPTURING AN OTHER SIDE OF ANIMAL. As a both animal lovers and war documentary movies antusiast, it’s confusing my emotion between how is it hurtfull too watch or is it interesting. All I know it’s a good movie to uncovered other perspective of the war effect. Such a complicated momentum.
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Cried through the whole movie. Must watch. Can’t imagine how people did these things to other people. 161
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Aalmond_trees 6 月 8, 2026
I watched this with my mom in Tokyo and the guy sitting beside us shushed us 😭😭😭
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“that’s why I like animals so much… you look in their eyes and you know exactly what’s in their hearts. they’re not like people” this story is truly amazing and touchingly portrayed…
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Daniel 70% filmnya jadi tentara nazi mulu
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This is a weird change of pace for the “We Built A Zoo-niverse”
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os animais eram muito fofinhos queria que fossem reais
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I can just imagine this coming across Jessica Chastain’s desk and her muttering to herself ‘I’m gunna act the fuck out of this’
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ואוו המפגש של המסע לפולין הפתיע אותי עם הסרט הזה, נורא מרגש שחקנים טובים
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the little kid not listening don’t pmo. NOW IS NOT THE TIME.
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Sad as fuck
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no pues la verdad pienso que
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cried. i never want to watch this ever again
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I remember watching this on an airplane and liking it but I was like 12 or something
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There is a scene in this movie that encapsulates the transcending horrors of genocide. A blond woman poses for a photo in front of the Warsaw ghetto. Such an image repeats itself in the lives of those lost in makeshift encampments, prisons, and warfronts at this very moment.
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absolutely loved this one. touching, gripping, tragic
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this movie was so emotional, and honestly pretty scary to watch at some moments. every time i believe i am aware of everything that happened during this tragic time, i am wrong. thank you antonina and jan for everything you did, i can’t imagine how terrifying it must has been
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Why have hilariously animated CGI animals in such a serious movie. Kinda draws you out a little
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So many incredible stories from World War II about humanity, courage and love. I enjoyed this.
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how does one become a trophy wife to a zoo owner
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I think I keep watching this movie and forgetting
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My cats became emotional support animals while I watched this movie.
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yep i cried
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The old man who was telling stories to the children so they wouldn’t be scared😭😭
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How Harriet Tubman of them
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tuff
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Polacos haciendo cosas de polacos en la guerra vs los nazis mega-super-híper malos. Otra película más sobre holocausto y segunda guerra mundial desde el punto de vista civil.
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daniel bruhl is stuck in nazi purgatory fr
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herr heck: you hid it well jessica chastain the entire movie: 😐
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This is one of those movies that everyone should watch
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Animals>nazis
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5/18-19/26 My kiddo loves learning about history and through media is such a great way to find ever important rabbit holes! It’s a hard hitting drama about an awful time in history. Definitely worth a watch!
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muito bom
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“The Zookeper’s Wife” offers what you expect from the average “based on a true story” movie. A bunch of talented performers stuck with characters devoid of any development or characteristic traits beside being saviors of the jews. Not only do they forget about the main characters, but the atmosphere of the film doesn’t bother to construct any slow pacing for the exploration of the situatiom the characters are or to explore in a more objective light the emotional and psychological…
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Это праведники народов мира
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i was so stressed out while watching this movie cause i thought this movie would be a light watch since the poster itself is very bright and it has lion cub too.. 😢 the movie tells about how dark & how difficult it was during ww2. many innocent people became the victims, and the main characters in this movie were trying to help them escape. it was a very horrifying situation cause they have to hide from the soldiers and live in fear :_( thank goodness the war finally ends, i hope the war that has been happening right now in this real world ends too 🙂
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2hours and 7 minutes of absolute pain
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This is how you do a holocaust movie
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her fake accent pisses me off
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I went on the actual zoo’s website after and it was cool to read about. I was a little worried at first with the number of CGI lions but it wasn’t that bad. At times a little clunky, but well done. Really cool story, I wish there was an English translation of the book.
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Daniel Brühl
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Very good movie except for the son who was annoying asl most of the movie
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That kid pissed me off the whole time
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i was a bit distracted cause every time daniel brühl was on screen i kept thinking about his moustache in between my- HAHA
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Vale muito a pena assistir
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How have I not seen this until now? I’m floored and heartbroken and happy all at once by the end of this movie.
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watching this in Warsaw with my parents pausing every 5 minutes pointing out different buildings they recognize. Weird how they’re all speaking English… but very #sad
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Did they really need to give Daniel Brühl such cunty highlights?
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“You can never tell who your enemies are, or who to trust. Maybe that’s why I love animals so much. You look in their eyes, and you know exactly what’s in their hearts.”
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The Seder scene…
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This was a beautiful film Jessica Chastain has a wonderful tenderness that bleeds through the screen and almost makes your heart ache. She does such a wonderful job of bringing Antonina to life. She captures both the fear and the tremendous courage. Her monologue to Urszula about living life on the run, hiding, and not knowing who you can trust was beautiful, particularly when she touched on why she loves animals so much. Her love for animals was such a…
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I thought that this was really good Jessica Chastain does an extremely good job playing Antonina in this, really tender and heartfelt way. Her love and care for the people and animals she’s helping bleeds through the screen in a way that really attaches you to her, in a way. I just really enjoy this tender and heartfelt performance from Jessica Chastain (I also love how many times she can be seen holding a small animal of some kind) Then…
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Daniel Bruhl sure does play nazis a lot
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mission: save daniel brühl from nazi castings
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SEDIH war not only jahat kepada manusia tp jg hewan tp ini film ga cuma ttg hewan 😞
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when I don’t read the description and end up balling my eyes out
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I didn’t think I was going to enjoy Today’s Pick because all the Jews but I actually enjoyed it …such a great awesome story and well executed. Jessica Chastain, I love you, your so stellar 💯❤️
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Can’t remember the last time I saw Daniel Bruhl play a non-nazi
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Fajny, przyjemny film, ale kurde czemu Bruhl zawsze gra nazistę XD… No chyba że samemu lubi, ciężko powiedzieć. Oglądane na lekcjach historii więc nieco średnie warunki.
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Eeleftheriaaa 4 月 28, 2026
eixan plaka ta sxolia ths giagias mou
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look i know i am overthinking this but i genuinely cannot wrap my head around the reason why these people are speaking ENGLISH with a POLISH accent in a movie set warsaw during the ww2. polish people don’t speak polish with polish accents. they just speak polish. by afflicting the actors with what amounts to an affectation, the film may be signaling to the audience that, hey, these are poles, but it’s also betraying the whole nature of language. accents are…
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why did hitler need a zoologist
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In The Path of Humanity, I will walk with you.
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The Zookeeper’s Wife is one of those films where the story is incredible, but the movie itself feels a bit too quiet for its own good. like, you can feel the weight of what’s happening, but it never fully hits you the way it should. jessica chastain was really gentle and warm in this, and i liked how the film focused on kindness instead of just brutality. the whole “hiding people in a zoo” concept is honestly insane (in a…
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an exhausting watch tbh
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Muito emocionante e a atuação dos personagens toca muito, mas os horrores que aconteceram no regime nazista foram de uma forma suavizados, tirando a gravidade de tudo que ocorreu, mas é sim um filme muito bom e emocionante
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em, increible, insisto que para ser sobre historia, no aburre, y ella, bueno todo que ver.
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O Zoológico de Varsóvia conta uma história real ambientada no período da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Apesar de parecer apenas mais um filme sobre esse tema, a abordagem traz algumas diferenças, o que mantém a narrativa interessante, embora em vários momentos ela se torne um pouco sem graça. A protagonista não tem tanto carisma, e o vilão também não se destaca, o que acaba deixando a história um pouco insossa ao longo do tempo. Ainda assim, é mais um dos grandes relatos desse período, capaz de fazer o espectador refletir sobre a vida e a condição humana.
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never cried harder 10/10
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gosto muito desse filme
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Daniel Brühl oh my.
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April in War & Time #8 Heartwarming and inspiring so much, ini lah yang aku maksud dengan kenapa tidak saling menerima sesama manusia? entah berbeda nasionalis, agama, dan sebagainya. Dari zaman perang yang aku tidak suka ya itu, tidak adanya kemanusiaan dan saling menerima satu sama lain. Terimakasih kepada Zabinski family yang sudah memanusiakan manusia.
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I like the story line and how it’s based off a true story. I couldn’t hold myself together when the animals were dieing in the beginning. Don’t usually cry during movies but the animals had me tearing up. I learned a lot from this movie. Jan getting shot and being taken as a prisoner sucked because they just had there little girl and I wonder how those people who were hidden lived the rest of their lives after this.happy that they ended up opening the zoo again in real life.
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Such an emotional movie, so sad but so beautiful. I liked it. It’s not the best of its kind, but I’d watch it again.
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this movie put my heart THROUGH THE RINGER. the parallels between cages and animals by ghettos and jewish people+women was really heartbreaking but done thoughtfully. shined light on parts of the holocaust that aren’t discussed as much(but should be)
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Watched in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, very powerful story and Jessica Chastain is always lovely
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absolute resistência
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It has been some time since watching this movie and I don’t remember exactly the story. But one thing I remember is that this movie has amazing shots. It really impressed me how beautiful the shots were. Congrats to the director 👏🏽👏🏽
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I’ve seen a lot of WWII films that aim to devastate you, and while this one definitely carries that weight, it approaches it differently.
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Vu il y à longtemps mais histoire incroyable
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Aaddy 4 月 10, 2026
im only like 10 minutes in oh my god i thought that was lana del rey im fuckign sobbing. i cannot see what im typing rn. guys:(
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i cried
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i only watched this for daniel brühl tbh
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One of the first war movies I watched, and it’s so well-paced and realistic in such a nerve wrecking way. Really makes your skin crawl in realization of everything and everyone history may not cover. Also shout out to the zoo animals 🙂
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God it was sad. From start to finish. Have tissues ready. Watched with mum
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such a beautiful film and genuinely so touching and inspiring to see that it is based on a true story, made me feel every emotion possible 🫀
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感覺劇情跳太快了 用年為單位在快轉 有點難真正投入
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JJulien 4 月 4, 2026
Vraiment pas mal
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beautiful movie
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Genuinely sobbed… you can tell a lot about a person on how the treat people and animals
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Phenomenal.
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😭❤️🩹🫶
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boh l’ho visto con la scuola al cineforum e a dire la verità non stavo guardando esattamente lo schermo
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pretty good
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It’s an amazing movie about WWII in a different perspective: not the victimes, not the villains, but the “helpers” and how it affected their lives too. Very nice if you’re studying WWII or want to know more about it.
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big fan of war movies, ww2 especially, loved this initimate unnoticed side of it
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A deeply tragic real story of a zookeeper and his wife living in Poland trying to manage their zoo when WWII begins and invades their home, turning their neighbors into enemies and their zoo into a sanctuary. This film was powerful and deeply tragic and will stick with you for a long time.
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Es preciosa. Es increíble cómo lo representan todo, el sufrimiento, el miedo… Muy recomendada si te interesa la historia de manera más antropológica
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Героическая история о семье, спасшей 300 евреев от нацистов. Антонина Жабинских сыграла большую роль в этом поступке, чем ее муж, поэтому мне непонятно название фильма/книги, умаляющее женщину, его возможно рассматривать только как сарказм. Ее муж Ян бесит ревностью, когда женщина пытается выжить и спасти других людей всеми возможными способами. Для 2017 года неэтично использовать настоящих животных для съёмок в кино.
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De esas historias que llenan de esperanza.
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Aborda una historia real profundamente conmovedora con sensibilidad y una cuidada ambientación, pero opta por un tono demasiado azucarado y convencional que debilita la complejidad y el impacto de los hechos que recrea.
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morro que aprendi a xingar o bigodudo com esse filme e nunca mais esqueci
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Yyappykiyay 4 月 15, 2017
*Importing my notes app list of films I saw from the Movie Pass Era (2017 to lock down.)
- Synopsis
- The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.
- Director
- Niki Caro
- Writer
- Angela Workman
- Studio
- Scion Films, Czech Anglo Pictures, Focus Features, Electric City Entertainment
- Country
- Czechia, UK, USA
- Language
- English
- Year
- 2017
- Runtime
- 126 mins
- Poland07 Mar 2017
- USA12 Mar 2017
- Spain22 Apr 2017
- France07 Sep 2017
- Japan27 Nov 2017
- China08 Apr 2018
- Uruguay26 Jul 2018
- USA31 Mar 2017
- Poland24 Mar 2017
- Singapore30 Mar 2017
- Canada31 Mar 2017
- USA07 Apr 2017
- Russia13 Apr 2017
- Latvia14 Apr 2017
- Portugal20 Apr 2017
- UK21 Apr 2017
- Philippines26 Apr 2017
- Brazil27 Apr 2017
- Netherlands04 May 2017
- Belgium10 May 2017
- Germany11 May 2017
- Egypt17 May 2017
- United Arab Emirates18 May 2017
- Taiwan19 May 2017
- Spain23 Jun 2017
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