Recently, this story has been presented in the feature film “The Zookeeper’s Wife.” Now, we can learn more about its real-life protagonists – Antonina and Jan Żabiński. Before WWII, they ran the Warsaw zoo which, during the war, gave shelter to many people, mostly Jews. This extraordinary tale of courage and great passion is made of archival materials, staged fragments and testimonies of witnesses and survivors.
ŁUKASZ CZAJKA
Director, game designer and TV reporter. He graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences and Latin American Studies at the University of Warsaw, as well as the documentary program Dok Pro at the Wajda School. “Of Animals and Men” is his film debut.
screenings
Copernicus Center
(5216 W. Lawrence Ave., Chicago)
Sunday, 11/17/2019 3:00 PM.
2019, 70 min, Poland
Polish with English subtitles
Direction/Reżyseria
ŁUKASZ CZAJKA
Script/Scenariusz
ŁUKASZ CZAJKA
Cinematography/Zdjęcia
KACPER CZUBAK
Editing/Montaż
JAKUB PIĄTEK
Sound/Dźwięk
MARCIN LENARCZYK
Music/Muzyka
MARCIN MASECKI
Produced by/Produkcja
AUTOGRAF KAROL WOŻBIŃSKI
Producers/Producenci
ANNA WEREDA,
KAROL WOŻBIŃSKI,
WOJCIECH FRĄCZEK
