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5.5/10 • 63

2019-03-081h 37m

DramaThrillerWar

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.

Directors
Ross Clarke
Editors
Nicolas Gaster

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  1. Sarah-Sofie Boussnina

    Sarah-Sofie Boussnina

    Esther

  2. Arthur Hakalahti

    Arthur Hakalahti

    Aksel

  3. Jakob Cedergren

    Jakob Cedergren

    Johann

  4. Laura Birn

    Laura Birn

    Anna

  5. Johannes Bah Kuhnke

    Johannes Bah Kuhnke

    Fred

  6. August Diehl

    August Diehl

    Herman

  7. Anders Baasmo Christiansen

    Anders Baasmo Christiansen

    Tor

  8. Jonas Hoff Oftebro

    Jonas Hoff Oftebro

    Petter

  9. Andrea Bræin Hovig

    Andrea Bræin Hovig

    Rebecca

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CinemaSerf

Mar 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. 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.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
holocaust (shoah)world war iijew persecutionbased on true storynazi collaborationismnazi occupation1940strondheim, norway