The Zookeeper’s Wife
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The Zookeeper’s Wife is a historical drama film based on the true story of a Warsaw zookeeper and his wife who helped save hundreds of Jews during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Zookeeper’s Wife canonical | 2 |
| The Zookeeper's Wife | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10282664 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Zookeeper’s Wife Context triple: [Niki Caro, notableWork, The Zookeeper’s Wife]
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A.
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler is a biographical film that dramatizes the true story of Polish social worker Irena Sendler, who rescued hundreds of Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.
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B.
From the Ashes of Sobibor: A Story of Survival
From the Ashes of Sobibor: A Story of Survival is a Holocaust memoir by Sobibor death camp survivor Thomas Blatt, recounting his experiences before, during, and after the camp uprising.
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C.
Schindler's List (novel)
Schindler's List is a historical novel by Thomas Keneally that recounts how German industrialist Oskar Schindler saved more than a thousand Jews from the Holocaust.
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D.
The Zookeeper
The Zookeeper is a film featuring Czech actor Karel Roden in a prominent role.
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E.
Maus
Maus is a Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that portrays his father's experiences during the Holocaust using anthropomorphic animal characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Zookeeper’s Wife Target entity description: The Zookeeper’s Wife is a historical drama film based on the true story of a Warsaw zookeeper and his wife who helped save hundreds of Jews during World War II.
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A.
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler is a biographical film that dramatizes the true story of Polish social worker Irena Sendler, who rescued hundreds of Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.
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B.
From the Ashes of Sobibor: A Story of Survival
From the Ashes of Sobibor: A Story of Survival is a Holocaust memoir by Sobibor death camp survivor Thomas Blatt, recounting his experiences before, during, and after the camp uprising.
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C.
Schindler's List (novel)
Schindler's List is a historical novel by Thomas Keneally that recounts how German industrialist Oskar Schindler saved more than a thousand Jews from the Holocaust.
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D.
The Zookeeper
The Zookeeper is a film featuring Czech actor Karel Roden in a prominent role.
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E.
Maus
Maus is a Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that portrays his father's experiences during the Holocaust using anthropomorphic animal characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Zookeeper’s Wife (book)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
non-fiction book by Diane Ackerman ⓘ |
| cinematography | Andrij Parekh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts | saving of Jews during the Holocaust ⓘ |
| director | Niki Caro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Focus Features NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | David Coulson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Czech Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Antonina Żabińska
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jan Żabiński NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MPAARating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Harry Gregson-Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Holocaust rescue efforts
ⓘ
Warsaw Ghetto period ⓘ |
| producer |
Diane Levin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jamie Patricof NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Abberley NERFINISHED ⓘ Kim Zubick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Rising Star
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scion Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2017-03-31 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 127 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Angela Workman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| setInPlace | Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Daniel Brühl
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iddo Goldberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Chastain NERFINISHED ⓘ Johan Heldenbergh NERFINISHED ⓘ Shira Haas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Warsaw Zoo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Żabiński family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
compassion
ⓘ
courage ⓘ resistance to Nazism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Zookeeper’s Wife Description of subject: The Zookeeper’s Wife is a historical drama film based on the true story of a Warsaw zookeeper and his wife who helped save hundreds of Jews during World War II.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
The Zookeeper's Wife