The Birdcatcher

“Inspired by true events”

5.5(66)20191h 37m

DramaThrillerWar

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

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Cast

Sarah-Sofie Boussnina

Esther

Arthur Hakalahti

Aksel

Jakob Cedergren

Johann

Laura Birn

Anna

Johannes Bah Kuhnke

Fred

August Diehl

Herman

Anders Baasmo Christiansen

Tor

Jonas Hoff Oftebro

Petter

Andrea Bræin Hovig

Rebecca

Tibo Vandenborre

Reichmann

Dag Malmberg

Hans

Jon Øigarden

Gestapo Officer

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

4y ago

5.0

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 difficultie...