The Zookeeper's Wife
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- Hello, Jerzyk.
- Good morning, Miss.
It's a beautiful day.
Good morning.
- Hello. Welcome.
- Good morning.
Good morning.
Enjoy yourselves today.
Good morning.
Good morning.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
Come along, Adam.
Time for morning rounds.
Hello, my loves.
Good morning, sweetheart.
Good morning.
How's our girl today?
No problems today, Miss.
Hello, old Kasia.
Yes. Tembo.
What a beautiful girl you are.
Good morning.
Good morning, darling.
Good morning, Punia.
Have you come to help me?
The torchlight
was flaring in front of me.
Behind me, I could hear the
breathing of a maddened creature.
It was midnight, black as coal.
I couldn't see
my hand in front of me,
but I could feel
her breath on my neck.
Hot and thick.
I had interfered,
and she was angry with me.
She took two steps.
I thought it was the end of me.
I took my rifle, raised it,
and that's when she charged.
There was nothing I could do,
I had to shoot her.
It was the picture
of perfection.
An exquisite creature.
A great desecration for me.
But I have to say,
her cubs did survive.
They thrived, and have grown to a
proud maturity in my zoo. Cheers.
Herr Heck has taken over the
Berlin Zoo from his father.
And his brother
runs the Munich Zoo.
Would you like a canap,
Herr Heck?
It looks delicious,
but no. Thank you.
This is Magda Gross, the sculptress.
Perhaps you know of her.
Indeed, yes.
She also made this...
Oh!
Excuse me.
And what do you do
with yourself, my dear,
while your husband is
playing with his monkeys?
I help him.
Oh, isn't that sweet.
Sweetness is the least of it.
Antonina's a magician.
Thank you. I'll take it.
We met five or six years ago,
didn't we, Frau Zabinska?
Mmm.
I think you've
changed your hair.
Yes.
You've only grown more beautiful
in these past years,
I have to say.
The look of a stray
barn cat, if you ask me.
Did you know that barn cats have the
keenest sense in all of nature?
More astute and fine than any
human being I hope to meet.
Do you play the piano,
Frau Zabinska?
A little.
Why don't you play
something for us?
to soothe the savage
beast and all that.
Maybe she should play
a German waltz.
We may all be learning the
goose-step within a year.
Stefan, please. STEFAN:
Isn't that so, Herr Heck?
Not now, please, Stefan.
Well, Hitler wants Poland.
It's what everyone's saying.
I wouldn't know anything
about it, I assure you.
I'm a zoologist,
not a politician.
Mama, Jerzyk needs you!
It's Kasia.
Excuse me, everyone.
Be quiet, don't startle her.
Here, stay here. Hold the
light steady for me.
She's not breathing.
I'm here, Kasia.
I'm here.
Hello, Tembo.
Hello, Tembo.
I can bring you overalls, Miss, please.
I can find other men.
There's no time.
She's suffocating.
Let me help you, Kasia.
Please, let me help
you, my darling.
Let me help you, sweetheart.
I have no rifle, Miss, please!
Hush! Enough now!
Please.
Oh, she's blocked!
No, please, let me do this.
I'm trying, Kasia.
I'm trying, my darling.
Wait, wait, wait.
You should go. You can go.
Why isn't that man armed?
Whoa, Tembo.
What's his name?
Tembo.
Tembo! Tembo.
Good. Good, good, good.
We're losing her!
Jerzyk, help me!
Push, Jerzyk!
Push!
Go. Go, go, go-
Oh!
Oh, she's breathing!
Oh! She's breathing!
You beauty!
She's beautiful!
Amazing! Amazing!
That was hard work, wasn't it?
It's all right.
It's all right, sweetheart.
You are a, um...
You are a wonder, Punia.
You are Eve in her garden.
It's late. Let's go home.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Let's go! We're going.
Mama, what are those men doing?
They look like mules.
We were on Nalewki Street today.
They're working the Jews
like pack animals now.
out of Warsaw tomorrow.
But where will we go?
You could stay with
my cousins in Zalesie.
Things are too uncertain here.
We should get Rys out of
the city while we can.
But school's about to start.
Oh, he's so excited, Jan, with his
new pencils, and his shoes...
You're not listening to me. I'm
trying to tell you something.
It's feeling very dangerous
to me right now.
What about you?
I have to stay for the animals,
but I'll come as soon as I can.
Punia, Hitler and Stalin
have signed a pact.
Only Poland sits in the middle.
People are leaving.
We could stay in
Zalesie for a little while,
but if war comes, we have to
find a way out of the country.
I don't want to run away.
I don't want to carry Rys from place
to place, like a frightened cat.
This is his home.
I'm sorry, Punia. Come
back to me, come here.
People always want to run when
they don't know what's coming.
It's their first instinct,
always to run.
Come.
It's not good for a child.
It's not good, Jan,
I'm telling you.
I don't want Rys
to live that way.
Please, I want to stay here.
In Warsaw.
All right.
Rys? Rys!
Look at all the planes!
Let's go inside.
But where's Papa?
He's in Plonsk.
We'll meet him in Zalesie.
What about Pancho?
Quick, pack your things!
No, Rys, leave him!
No, I don't want to.
We'll open the doors.
He's scared.
He'll run somewhere safe.
Let's go!
Mama!
Evacuate the zoo immediately!
This is the Polish Army.
Wild animals are loose.
Emergency! Emergency!
Evacuate now!
Take the boy,
Miss, please! Go, go!
No! Don't shoot him,
don't shoot him!
No!
No, Mama!
Excuse me, where is
the train to Zalesie?
No trains running today!
No trains today!
Leave the station immediately.
Papa!
Antonina!
Rys, Rys, come, come, come.
Papa!
I thought you were lost.
Come, come. Come.
I can't believe you found us.
Let's go home.
Hey. Maybe you'd
like to fly. Come.
Come, Punia.
Pancho!
Pancho, I'm here.
It's all right.
He's all right, Mama.
Oh, you poor things. You
must have been so soared.
The German government
has taken charge
of the Polish people.
We rely on the
population of Warsaw
to accept the entry
of German forces
quietly, honorably, and calmly.
They're here, Mama.
Let's go.
They're using
our enclosures as an armory.
The country's
completely overrun.
I was raised with these people.
Jews, Gentiles.
It didn't matter to my family.
It never mattered to me.
Guten Tag, meine Herren.
Herr Heck.
Thank you, Jerzyk.
Hello.
It's terrible, Frau Zabinska.
Yes. It is.
You know, we weren't
expecting you.
I'm so sorry. My husband's
not here, so...
Can we talk?
Yes, of course. Please.
Your zoo is to be liquidated.
I'm sorry to tell you.
I don't understand
what you mean.
For the war effort.
Meat, firewood,
soap...
No.
No. It can't be true.
The animals?
All of them?
Another tragedy, I know.
But I see a way out
of this, my friend.
That's why I've come.
But you need to listen to me now.
You need to trust me.
Now, I could take your prize
animals to Germany as a loan.
We'll give them sanctuary.
You know you can
trust my word on this.
And when the war is over,
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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