Caged Birds (2021)
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.
Director:
Oliver Rihs
Writers:
Oliver Rihs, Norbert Maass, Dave Tucker, Ivan Madeo, Oliver Keidel.
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Joel Basman as Walter Stürm |
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Marie Leuenberger as Barbara Hug |
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Jella Haase as Heike Vollmer |
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Anatole Taubman as Peter Rothenburg |
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Bibiana Beglau as Meret Spengler |
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Pascal Ulli as Roger Bellier |
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Beat Marti as Dr.Steiner |
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Milton Welsh as Schorsch |
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Martina Schöne-Radunski as Sieghilde Braun |
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Danny Exnar as Konrad Tönz |
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Philippe Graber as Felix Lammel |
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Davide Gagliardi as |
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Emanuela von Frankenberg as Mother Hug |
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Michael Schertenleib as |
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Christian Samuel Weber as Gefängniswärter |
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Sophie Bock as Aktivistin |
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Sönke Schnitzer as Aktivist |
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Roger Bonjour as Remo |
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Klaus Schreiber as Eduard Zimmermann |
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Deborah De Lorenzo as Frieke |
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Jasper Engelhardt as |
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Bernard Rambert as Pascal |
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Maximilian Kraus as Wärter |
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Michael von Burg as Wärter |
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Magdalena Neuhaus as |
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Christoph Wettstein as Wärter |
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Urs Humbel as Zöllner |
| Editing | Andreas Radtke | Editor |
| Production | Jörg Trentmann | Producer |
| Sound | Beat Solèr | Music |
| Directing | Oliver Rihs | Director |
| Writing | Oliver Rihs | Screenplay |
| Writing | Norbert Maass | Screenplay |
| Writing | Dave Tucker | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ivan Madeo | Screenplay |
| Writing | Oliver Keidel | Screenplay |
| Camera | Felix von Muralt | Director of Photography |
| Production | Stefan Eichenberger | Producer |
| Production | Jan Krüger | Producer |
| Production | Urs Frey | Producer |
| Production | Ivan Madeo | Producer |