The Birdcatcher (film)

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 be boy on a Norwegian farm.[1][2][3]

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).

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References

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  1. ^ "The Birdcatcher review – ropey rural wartime thriller". the Guardian. 2019-10-02. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  2. ^ The Norwegian American The Norwegian American review
  3. ^ Times of Israel Running from Nazis, Norwegian Jewish girl masquerades as teenage boy in new film
  4. ^ Awards