The Birdcatcher
“Inspired by true events”
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.
Details
Release Date: 3/8/2019
Runtime: 97 minutes
Languages: English, German
Director: Ross Clarke
00Production
Companies: Reliance Entertainment Productions Scandi, Motion Picture Capital, Voltage Pictures, Garnet Girl, Norsk Filminstitutt
Countries: Norway, United Kingdom, United States of America
Where to watch · US
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CinemaSerf
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.
