The Birdcatcher (2019)

Directed by

Ross Clarke

Genre

thriller film, period drama film

Country

Norway, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 66 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II in Nazi-occupied Norway, a Jewish girl named Esther hides her identity by living as a boy on a farm. The farmer collaborates with the Nazis while his wife has a secret relationship with a German officer.

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What happens

The Birdcatcher is a 2019 film directed by British film-maker Ross Clarke and written by Trond Morten Kristensen. Set in Nazi-occupied Norway, supposedly based on a composite of real cases, it concerns Esther, a Jewish girl, who lives disguised as a boy on a Norwegian farm. Danish actrees Sarah-Sofie Boussnina plays Esther, Jakob Cedergren plays farmer and Norwegian collaborationist Johann. His wife Anna (Laura Birn) is secretly in an affair with a German officer (August Diehl). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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