![]() Produced by Jeff Abberley, p.g.a., Jamie Patricof, p.g.a., Diane Miller Levin, p.g.a., Kim Zubick, p.g.a. Executive Producers, Marc Butan, Robbie Rowe Tollin, Mike Tollin, Jessica Chastain, Kevan Van Thompson, Mickey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon, Jennifer Monroe. Johan Heldenbergh, Michael McElhatton, and Daniel Brühl. As the couple puts into action plans to save lives out of what has become the Warsaw Ghetto, Antonina places herself and even her children at great risk.Ī Focus Features presentation of a Scion Films production, an Electric City Entertainment, Tollin Productions and Rowe Miller Productions production. Heck envisions a new, selective breeding program for the zoo.Īntonina and Jan fight back on their own terms, and covertly begin working with the Resistance – realising that their zoo’s abandoned animal cages and underground tunnels, originally designed to safeguard animal life, can now secretly safeguard human life. Stunned, the couple is forced to report to the Reich’s newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck (Golden Globe Award nominee Daniel Brühl of Captain America: Civil War). …until the entrance is slammed shut and the zoo is crippled in an attack as the entire country is invaded by the Germans. With reserves of energy, Antonina rises every day to tend to both her family and their menagerie, as the gates to the majestic zoo open in welcome… ![]() Devoted to each other, the couple thrive as personal and professional partners the Warsaw Zoo flourishes under Jan’s stewardship and Antonina’s care. Jan Żabiński (Johan Heldenbergh, of The Broken Circle Breakdown). The place is Poland, homeland of Antonina (portrayed by Ms. Niki Caro (Whale Rider, North Country) directs the movie from a screenplay by Angela Workman, adapted from Diane Ackerman’s nonfiction book of the same name which was based on Antonina’s diaries. For more information, visit Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain stars in The Zookeeper’s Wife in the title role of Antonina Żabińska, a real-life working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during WWII. Fathom operates the largest cinema distribution network, delivering a wide variety of programming and experiences to cinema audiences in all of the top U.S. (NYSE: CNK) and Regal Cinemas, a subsidiary of the Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE.L). This link will direct patrons to a group sales form for interest.įor more information or to schedule an interview about OF ANIMALS AND MEN, please contact Kevin Wandra (40 or of Carmel Communications.įathom is a recognized leader in the entertainment industry as one of the top distributors of content to movie theaters in North America. Interested patrons can reserve a block of seats or reserve a showtime for OF ANIMALS AND MEN in their local city. Tickets can be purchased for the one-day event on June 22 here. ![]() “Audiences will never forget meeting this extraordinary family.” “Fathom is honored to show this poignant documentary that showcases true heroism,” says Fathom CEO Ray Nutt. “I’ve had this story on my mind for a few years, and I just had to tell it.” ![]() “The story of the Żabiński family, their wartime actions, their villa in the Warsaw Zoo, and the people they saved is very important to me,” said director Łukasz Czajka. The Żabiński family lived at the Zoo during the war and managed to conduct underground activities there, despite the proximity of German checkpoints, a weapon storehouse, and Germans walking around the Zoo premises. The documentary also employs the use of reenacted scenes with animals and interviews with the survivors, plus footage of the Zoo, the Żabiński family, and their villa.ĭirected by Łukasz Czajka, OF ANIMALS AND MEN shows the destruction caused by the German army as they deported animals they wanted to keep for the Reich while destroying many others in the zoo. Narrated in English, by Antonina Żabińska, OF ANIMALS AND MEN shows the surreal atmosphere of the Zoo before the war with archived footage as well as the poignant events that happened once the Nazis invaded Poland. ![]() True Story Behind ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ Comes to Theaters June 22ĭocumentary tells the story of how the Warsaw Zoo saved Jews during WWIIĭENVER, JIn a one-day FATHOM event on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, OF ANIMALS AND MEN, a documentary about the true story of how Jan and Antonina Żabiński, a Catholic family and the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo in Poland, saved nearly 300 Jews during World War II, will be in movie theaters nationwide. ![]()
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