The Birdcatcher
Inspired by true events
2019 | 97m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Ross Clarke |
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| Writer: | Trond Morten Venaasen |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 08, 2019 |
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| Director: | Ross Clarke |
| Writer: | Trond Morten Venaasen |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller, War |
| Keywords | holocaust (shoah), world war ii, jew persecution, based on true story, nazi collaborationism, nazi occupation, 1940s, trondheim, norway |
| Production Companies | Voltage Pictures, Norsk Filminstitutt, Motion Picture Capital, Garnet Girl, Reliance Entertainment Productions Scandi |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Eros Codinas | Makeup Designer, Hair Designer |
| Lucy-Jayne Murray | Stunt Double |
| Andie Davies | VFX Editor |
| Ross Clarke | Director |
| John Christian Rosenlund | Director of Photography |
| Nicolas Gaster | Editor |
| Ellen Michelsen | Casting Director |
| Anne Isene | Costume Designer |
| Jim Copperthwaite | Original Music Composer |
| Otto Tangstad | Stunt Coordinator |
| Jon Are Uhnger | First Assistant Director |
| Shahbaz Aynoddin | Location Manager |
| Therese Messel | Script Supervisor |
| Øystein Moe | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Nicholas Messel | Gaffer |
| Morten Magnussen | Key Grip |
| Lill-Chanett Gundersen | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Joachim Lyng | Line Producer |
| Laura Morrod | Editor |
| Åsa Nilsson | Production Design |
| Marius Winje Brustad | Art Direction |
| Natalia Davadi | Makeup Artist |
| Anne-Lene Myklebust Karlsen | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Bente Maalen | Production Manager |
| Håkon Walter Iversen | Art Department Assistant |
| Hallvard Hellem | Art Department Assistant |
| Kathrine Riberg Hewett | Art Department Assistant |
| Lene Nilssen Viken | Art Department Assistant |
| Victoria Wælgaard | Set Dresser |
| Ben Cross | Foley Mixer |
| Rob Davidsson | ADR Mixer |
| Jennie Evans | Dialogue Editor |
| Geir Døhlie Gjerdsjø | Boom Operator |
| Stephen Griffiths | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Tom Jenkins | Sound Effects Editor |
| Jørn Ryen | Sound Mixer |
| Ian Waggott | Foley Artist |
| Morten Helland | Special Effects Assistant |
| Emil Julian Radich Slaatten | Special Effects Assistant |
| Trond Morten Venaasen | Screenplay |
| Jørgen Sellevold | Art Department Assistant |
| Martine Bjørnbakken Vangen | Art Department Assistant |
| Silje Wiedswang Larsson | Set Dresser |
| Pål Morten Hverven | Stunt Driver, Special Effects Supervisor |
| Mathias Sarre Ramstad | Floor Runner |
| Sheila Wickens | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Alexander Somma | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Rob Hughes | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Yanti Windrich | ADR Recordist |
| Ian Corless | Still Photographer |
| Eduardo Garcia-Drageseth | Property Master |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Nicolas Chartier | Executive Producer |
| Lisa G. Black | Producer |
| Leon Clarance | Producer |
| Ross Clarke | Producer |
| Laura Brook | Executive Producer |
| Norman Merry | Executive Producer |
| Laure Vaysse | Executive Producer |
| Brandi Savitt | Co-Executive Producer |
| Deepak Nayar | Executive Producer |
| Jonathan Deckter | Executive Producer |
| Aku Louhimies | Co-Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 |
| 2024 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 4 |
| 2024 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 4 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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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.