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Hamsun

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1996 film

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7.2

Knut Hamsun is Norway's most famous and admired author. Ever since he was young he has hated the English for the starvation they caused Norway during WWI. When the Germans occupy Norway 9 April 1940 he welcomes them and the protection they can give from Great Britain. He supports the national socialist ideals, but opposes the way these ideals are turned into action - that Norwegians are jailed and executed. His wife Marie travels in Germany during the war as a sign of support from Knut and herself.

Released: 1996-04-19159 minDir: Jan TroellDrama

Cast

  • Max von Sydow as Knut Hamsun
  • Ghita Nørby as Marie Hamsun
  • Anette Hoff as Ellinor Hamsun
  • Jesper Christensen as Otto Dietrich
  • Edgar Selge as Terboven
  • Ernst Jacobi as Adolf Hitler

Themes

  • nazi
  • world war ii
  • controversy
  • biography
  • norway
  • author

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Ratings

IMDb

7.2/10

1,822 votes

Year
1996
Runtime
159 min
Genres
Biography, Drama, War

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Named after
Knut Hamsun
Country of origin
Germany
Original language
Norwegian
Main subject
Knut Hamsun
Director
Jan Troell
Screenwriter
Per Olov Enquist
Production company
Bayerischer Rundfunk
Narrative location
Norway
Duration
159
FilmAffinity ID
553651
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
1998-11-06
title
Hamsun
after a work by
Thorkild Hansen
distributed by
Netflix
film format
35 mm film
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