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Caged Birds (2021)
Directed by Oliver Rihs
Drama, Romance, Crime · 1h 58m
Barbara Hug is a young radical lawyer fighting Switzerland's antiquated prison system in the 1980s. Walter Stürm is in and often escaping out of jail becoming known as the Jailbreak King. When the two meet an unlikely alliance is formed.
Cast
Joel Basman
Walter Stürm
Marie Leuenberger
Barbara Hug
Jella Haase
Heike Vollmer
Anatole Taubman
Peter Rothenburg
Bibiana Beglau
Meret Spengler
Pascal Ulli
Roger Bellier
Beat Marti
Dr.Steiner
Milton Welsh
Schorsch
Martina Schöne-Radunski
Sieghilde Braun
Danny Exnar
Konrad Tönz
Philippe Graber
Felix Lammel
Davide Gagliardi
Crew
- Director
- Oliver Rihs
- Screenplay
- Dave Tucker, Oliver Rihs, Ivan Madeo, Norbert Maass, Oliver Keidel
- Director of Photography
- Felix von Muralt
- Editor
- Andreas Radtke
- Producer
- Jörg Trentmann, Stefan Eichenberger, Urs Frey, Jan Krüger, Ivan Madeo
Details
- Original title
- Bis wir tot sind oder frei
- Release date
- 2021-11-25
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Crime
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany, Switzerland
- Production
- Contrast Film, ARTE, BR, HR, Niama Film, Port au Prince Films, SRF, Teleclub