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“The Zookeeper’s Wife” tells the incredible true story of Antonina Zabinski (portrayed by two-time Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain), who, along with her husband Dr. Jan Żabiński (Johan Heldenbergh), helped save the lives of hundreds of Jewish people during the German invasion of Warsaw during WWII.

Antonina lives and works at the Warsaw Zoo with her zoologist husband, and we first meet her (and many of her animal friends) in a beautiful opening sequence as she bicycles through the zoo wishing good morning to every creature she sees.

At a zoologist party the Zabinski’s host in an early scene of the film, the party guests comment (with various degrees of jealousy) of the magical gift Antonina seems to possess when it comes to the animals.

This scene is interrupted by a medical emergency on the zoo grounds involving a newborn elephant, and Antonina’s gift is on full display as she comes to the baby pachyderm’s rescue. This catches the eye of Lutz Heck (D