The Birdcatcher
“Inspired by true events”
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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Cast
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Sarah-Sofie Boussnina
Esther
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Arthur Hakalahti
Aksel
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Ross Clarke
Trond Morten Venaasen
Jakob Cedergren
Johann
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Laura Birn
Anna
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Johannes Bah Kuhnke
Fred
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August Diehl
Herman
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Anders Baasmo Christiansen
Tor
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Jonas Hoff Oftebro
Petter
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Rob Hughes
Trond Morten Venaasen Screenplay · Jim Copperthwaite Composer John Christian Rosenlund Cinematographer
Budget $6.5M · United States release August 29, 2019 · Produced in Norway, United Kingdom, United States
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Budget
$6,500,000
Production
Reliance Entertainment Productions Scandi
Production
Motion Picture Capital
Production
Voltage Pictures
Production
Garnet Girl
Production
Norsk Filminstitutt
Production
Morphius Film
Production
Norway · United Kingdom · United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
Canada · March 8, 2019
Limited theatrical
United States · August 29, 2019
Premiere · Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
United States
November 14, 2019 · Premiere · Lone Star Film Festival
France
November 6, 2019 · Digital
Japan
November 28, 2019 · Digital
Norway
March 8, 2019 · Premiere · Kosmorama Film Festival
Spain
January 7, 2020 · Digital
January 7, 2020 · Physical
United Kingdom
October 4, 2019 · Digital
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