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.
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).
Awards & Festivals
- Winner – Best Cinematography & Best Feature, European Cinematography Awards 2019
- Winner – Best International Film, Best Actress Feature Film (Sarah-Sofie Boussnina), Best Supporting Actor (Jakob Cedergren), Best Sound & Best Cinematographer, Garden State Film Festival 2019
- Winner – Best Feature, Hill Country Film Festival 2019
- Nominated – Best Nordic Feature, Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2019
References
- "The Birdcatcher review – ropey rural wartime thriller". the Guardian. 2019-10-02. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- The Norwegian American The Norwegian American review
- Times of Israel Running from Nazis, Norwegian Jewish girl masquerades as teenage boy in new film
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