The Zookeeper
6.8
“One man had the courage to do what was right...”
Jonah Ludovic is a custodian at a small municipal zoo. After a night of heavy shelling Ludovic arrives at his job to find the staff abandoning the zoo. He joins a skeleton crew that includes an elderly guard and a veterinarian. Their purpose: to keep the animals alive until help arrives from an international zoological mission.
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Cast
8 people
Sam Neill
Ludovic
Known for
Jurassic Park
Peaky Blinders
Gina McKee
Ankica
Known for
Bodyguard
Notting Hill
Ulrich Thomsen
Dragov
Known for
Banshee
Lanterns
Om Puri
The Vet
Known for
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Charlie Wilson's War
Marek Vašut
Yeltsov
Known for
Mission: Impossible
Slow Horses
Javor Loznica
Zioig
No other roles listed
Serdjan Simeonović
Slavko
No other roles listed
Arnošt Proschek
Dusan
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Konec dětských lásek
Neznámá Známost
Ralph Ziman Director · Matthew Bishop Screenplay Piotr Kukla Cinematographer
Budget $6M · United States release November 15, 2001 · Produced in Czechia
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Budget
$6,000,000
Production
Czechia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 13, 2001
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · November 15, 2001
Premiere · Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
Czechia · November 22, 2001
Theatrical
Australia
September 22, 2004 · Theatrical
Denmark
March 15, 2002 · Theatrical
New Zealand
November 7, 2003 · Theatrical
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