Caged Birds

Caged Birds

118 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | Jan. 21, 2022

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.

Caged Birds

118 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | Jan. 21, 2022

Caged Birds
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.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers ARTE, Contrast Film
Original title Bis wir tot sind oder frei
Directors Oliver Rihs
Writers Dave Tucker, Norbert Maass, Ivan Madeo, Oliver Keidel, Oliver Rihs

Cast

Joel Basman

as Walter Stürm

Jella Haase

as Heike Vollmer

Anatole Taubman

as Peter Rothenburg

Marie Leuenberger

as Barbara Hug

Bibiana Beglau

as Meret Spengler

Pascal Ulli

as Roger Bellier

Beat Marti

as Dr.Steiner

Milton Welsh

as Schorsch