Niki Caro’s latest feature is “The Zookeeper’s Wife” – based on Diane Ackerman’s 2007 non-fiction work of the same name. It follows the World War II history of Antonina Zabinski, co-director of the Warsaw Zoo, who provided refuge for hundreds of Jews during the Nazi occupation of Poland. If this sounds eerily similar to the plot of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic “Schindler’s List,” you would be correct. In fact, the plot is so similar that comparison is inevitable. In that respect, “The Zookeeper’s Wife” can’t hold a candle to the Spielberg masterpiece, but it is not a bad piece of filmmaking.
The Zookeeper's Wife
The Zookeeper's Wife
The Zookeeper's Wife
Niki Caro’s latest feature is “The Zookeeper’s Wife” – based on Diane Ackerman’s 2007 non-fiction work of the same name. It follows the World War II history of Antonina Zabinski, co-director of the Warsaw Zoo, who provided refuge for hundreds of Jews during the Nazi occupation of Poland. If this sounds eerily similar to the plot of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic “Schindler’s List,” you would be correct. In fact, the plot is so similar that comparison is inevitable. In that respect, “The Zookeeper’s Wife” can’t hold a candle to the Spielberg masterpiece, but it is not a bad piece of filmmaking.