Catherine Called Birdy Movie (2022) – Watch Online, Release Date, Cast, Story, Budget, Collection, Trailer, Poster, Review

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Catherine Called Birdy Movie Information:

GenreAdventure, Comedy
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Release dateSeptember 12, 2022 (TIFF)
September 23, 2022 (United States)
Running time108 minutes
StarringBella Ramsey, Billie Piper, Andrew Scott
Based onCatherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
Directed byLena Dunham
Written byLena Dunham
Produced byTim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Jo Wallett
CinematographyLaurie Rose
Edited byJoe Klotz
Music byCarter Burwell
Production companiesWorking Title Films
Good Thing Going
Distributed byAmazon Studios

About Catherine Called Birdy Movie:

Catherine Called Birdy is a medieval comedy film written and directed by Lena Dunham, based on the 1994 novel of the same name by Karen Cushman. It stars Bella Ramsey as the title character, alongside Billie Piper, Andrew Scott, Lesley Sharp, Joe Alwyn, and Sophie Okonedo.

In February 2021, it was announced that Dunham had scripted and would direct a film based on the children’s novel Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman, that was “her longtime passion project”.

At the end of March 2021, it was announced that Billie Piper, Andrew Scott and Bella Ramsey were included in the main cast. On 1 April 2021, it was reported that Joe Alwyn and Dean-Charles Chapman had joined the cast.

Principal photography began on 30 March 2021 close to Stokesay Castle in Shropshire, England.

It had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2022. It received a limited release on September 23, 2022, by Amazon Studios before streaming on Prime Video on October 7, 2022.

Catherine Called Birdy Movie Storyline:

A 14 year old girl in medieval England navigates through life and avoiding potential suitors her father has in mind.

Catherine Called Birdy Movie Cast and Characters:

  • Bella Ramsey as Lady Catherine / “Birdy”
  • Billie Piper as Lady Aislinn, Catherine’s mother
  • Andrew Scott as Lord Rollo, Catherine’s father
  • Lesley Sharp as Morwenna, Catherine’s nursemaid
  • Joe Alwyn as George, Catherine’s uncle and Lady Aislinn’s younger brother
  • Sophie Okonedo as Ethelfritha Rose Splinter of Devon, a wealthy widow who marries George
  • Paul Kaye as Sir John Henry Murgaw VIII / “Shaggy Beard”
  • Dean-Charles Chapman as Robert, Catherine’s 17-year-old older brother
  • Isis Hainsworth as Aelis, Catherine’s best friend
  • Archie Renaux as Edward the Monk, Catherine’s 21-year-old older brother
  • Michael Woolfitt, as Perkin, Catherine’s goatherd friend
  • David Bradley as Lord Gideon Sidebottom, Aelis’ father
  • Mimi M. Khayisa as Lady Berenice Sidebottom, Aelis’ stepmother
  • Rita Bernard-Shaw as Meg, Catherine’s milkmaid friend
  • Ralph Ineson as Golden Tiger, a peasant and driver
  • Jamie Demetriou as Etienne, the manservant to Shaggy Beard
  • Russell Brand as Suitor from Kent
  • Jacob Avery as Fulk the Younger
  • Angus Wright as Fulk the Elder

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