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The Birdcatcher

Inspired by true events

5.5(66)20191h 37m4

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.

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Released
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Language
English
  • holocaust (shoah)
  • world war ii
  • jew persecution
  • based on true story
  • nazi collaborationism
  • nazi occupation
  • 1940s
  • trondheim, norway

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Director

Ross Clarke

Produced in

Norway, United Kingdom, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereMiddlebury New Filmmakers Festival29 Aug 2019
    • PremiereLone Star Film Festival14 Nov 2019
  • United KingdomGB

    • Digital / OTT154 Oct 2019
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical (limited)PG8 Mar 2019
  • FranceFR

    • Digital / OTT6 Nov 2019
  • JapanJP

    • Digital / OTTG28 Nov 2019
  • NorwayNO

    • PremiereKosmorama Film Festival8 Mar 2019
  • SpainES

    • Digital / OTT7 Jan 2020
    • Physical7 Jan 2020

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The Birdcatcher was released on 8 March 2019.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    3/28/2022

    5/10

    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. Th…

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