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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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