Alien at the Movies

The Bird Catcher

In 1942, a 15-year-old Jewish Norwegian girl, Esther, & her parents were trying to escape Nazi occupation of their country when their vehicle is stopped & the passengers are executed. Esther manages to escape, but hide out in disguise at a farmhouse sympathetic to the German soldiers. It’s a complicated story of prejudice, abuse, collaboration, kindness, adultery, jealousy, & forgiveness. See what Esther must endure while hiding in plain sight living amongst the enemy while plotting her escape to Nazi-free Sweden. Will she be caught, exposed, & executed?

Alien gives it 3 “fatten the pig named Bogey” stars out of 4.