<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $27.6 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Zookeeper's Wife is a 2017 war drama film directed by Niki Caro and written by Angela Workman, based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Diane Ackerman . The film tells the true story of how Jan and Antonina Żabiński rescued hundreds of Jews from the Germans by hiding them in their zoo during World War II, and stars Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Michael McElhatton and Daniel Brühl . </P> <P> The Zookeeper's Wife had its world premiere on March 8, 2017 in Warsaw, Poland, the location of the story, followed by the US premiere at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California, on March 12, 2017 . The film was released in the United States on March 31, 2017, by Focus Features, and by Universal Pictures International in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2017 . The film received mixed reviews from critics but a positive response from audiences and grossed $27.6 million worldwide . </P> <P> Dr. Jan Żabiński (Johan Heldenbergh) and his wife, Antonina (Jessica Chastain), are the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo (Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny), one of the largest and most prolific zoos in 1930s Europe . In the calm of August 1939, Antonina rides her bicycle through the beautiful zoo grounds, greeting a hippo, horses, bison, and followed faithfully by Adam, a baby camel . Antonina opens the zoo gates with Jerzyk, another zookeeper . A crowd has already gathered to view the many species on display . Jan is the director of the zoo and faces the scornful, yet envious advances of a colleague, Dr. Lutz Heck (Daniel Brühl), the head of the Berlin Zoo and the man named by Adolf Hitler to be his chief zoologist . </P>

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