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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zookeepers_wife.jpg]]
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3	A 2017 War Drama directed by Creator/NikiCaro and staring Creator/JessicaChastain and Creator/JohanHeldenbergh as a couple hiding hundreds of Polish Jews during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
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5	The film also stars Creator/DanielBruhl, Creator/MichaelMcElhatton, Creator/IddoGoldberg, and Creator/EfratDor.
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7	It was released on March 8, 2017 in Warsaw, March 31, 2017 in the US, and April 21, 2017 in the UK.
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9	!!Tropes for the film:
10	* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: The German soldiers laugh as they gun down terrified zoo animals.
11	* EarthyBarefootCharacter: Antonina sensibly doffs her heels when it comes to hands-on work with the animals.
12	* {{Fanservice}}: Some tasteful nudity courtesy of Jessica Chastain.
13	* TheFilmOfTheBook: Based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Creator/DianeAckerman.
14	* FriendToAllLivingThings: Antonina has a way with animals, including large and dangerous ones like elephants. This is contrasted with Heck's more brutal and controlling approach.
15	* HappilyMarried: Jan and Antonina are shown to have a very loving and stable relationship overall, though marital conflicts do arise.
16	* HistoricalDomainCharacter:
17	** Antonina and Jan Zabinska, zookeepers who hid Jewish people from getting taken by the Nazis.
18	** Lutz Heck, A German zoologist who works to resurrect extinct animals like aurochs and tries to keep the family under his thumb.
19	* KickTheDog: The unnecessary killing of the remaining zoo animals by the German soldiers. Unnecessary because the excuse given is that [[MercyKill they won't survive the winter]] but the animals in question (a Bactrian camel and a Bald eagle) are perfectly capable of surviving in cold climates.
20	* ModestyBedsheet: Subverted when Antonina is shown lying naked in bed with Jan after making love. Her breasts are mostly covered with a sheet but she makes no attempt to [[NippleAndDimed hide them]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome from her husband]]/the audience as she shifts her body.
21	* NearRapeExperience: [[spoiler:Heck forces Antonina onto a bed but stops when she tells him he disgusts her.]]
22	* PeriodPiece: Set during WWII during the German occupation of Poland from September 1939 to the Nazi surrender.
23	* RapeAsDrama: Urszula's arc begins with her being raped by German soldiers. The act itself is not shown but the gruesome aftermath is.

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