The Birdcatcher

Unrated

8/29/20191h 37m

Premiere Release (US)

~ Inspired by true events ~

Overview:

Norway, 1942, during World War II. After being separated from her family, Esther, a young Jewish girl from Trondheim, arrives at an isolated farm where she must assume a new identity in order to survive the Nazi persecution.

Director:

Ross Clarke

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

holocaust (shoah)
world war ii
jew persecution
based on true story
nazi collaborationism
nazi occupation
1940s
trondheim, norway

Cast

Sarah-Sofie Boussnina

~ as ~

Esther

Arthur Hakalahti

~ as ~

Aksel

Jakob Cedergren

~ as ~

Johann

Laura Birn

~ as ~

Anna

Johannes Bah Kuhnke

~ as ~

Fred

August Diehl

~ as ~

Herman

Anders Baasmo Christiansen

~ as ~

Tor

Jonas Hoff Oftebro

~ as ~

Petter

Andrea Bræin Hovig

~ as ~

Rebecca

Tibo Vandenborre

~ as ~

Reichmann

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
5
An enjoyable, if fairly routine story of a young Jewish girl who manages to escape the clutches of her Nazi captors during WWII. She cuts her hair and dresses/acts as a boy and seeks refuge working on a remote farm. What's new? The difference is, this one is set in the harsher climate of Norway and her predicament is incorporated into the broader theme of the Quisling-run kingdom's own difficulties with the Nazis. The family that adopts this new "boy" has plenty of problems of it's own and so there are plenty of sub-plots to complement the principal story. The pretty much entirely Nordic cast are all fairly competent, if not exactly outstanding; and it does offer a different take on the usual approach to this subject. The cinematography is beautifully bleak at times, and generally contributes much to this watchable war story.