The Birdcatcher (2019)
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
- Jon Are Uhnger
- Therese Messel
- Trond Morten Venaasen
Rating: 5.6/10 by 60 users
Alternative Title:
エスケープ ナチスからの逃亡 - JP
Птахолов - UA
The Bird Catcher - NO
W Pułapce Myśliwego - PL
Country:
Norway
United Kingdom
United States of America
Language:
English
Deutsch
Runtime: 01 hour 37 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: holocaust (shoah), world war ii, jew persecution, based on true story, nazi collaborationism, nazi occupation, 1940s, trondheim, norway
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.
