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The Birdcatcher (2019)

03/08/2019 Drama, Thriller, War 1h 37m
55%
User
Score
5.9/10
17%

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.

Ross Clarke

Director

Trond Morten Venaasen

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Sarah-Sofie Boussnina

Sarah-Sofie Boussnina

Esther

Arthur Hakalahti

Arthur Hakalahti

Aksel

Jakob Cedergren

Jakob Cedergren

Johann

Laura Birn

Laura Birn

Anna

Johannes Bah Kuhnke

Johannes Bah Kuhnke

Fred

August Diehl

August Diehl

Herman

Anders Baasmo Christiansen

Anders Baasmo Christiansen

Tor

Jonas Hoff Oftebro

Jonas Hoff Oftebro

Petter

Andrea Bræin Hovig

Andrea Bræin Hovig

Rebecca

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on March 28, 2022

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 contribu...

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