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The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.
Top billed cast
Jessica ChastainAntonina Żabińska
Daniel BrühlLutz Heck
Johan HeldenberghJan Żabiński
Michael McElhattonJerzyk
Timothy RadfordRyszard Żabiński (Younger)
Efrat DorMagda Gross
Iddo GoldbergMaurycy Fraenkel
Shira HaasUrszula
Val MalokuRyszard Zabinski
Martha IssováRegina Kenigswein
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