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7.2Knut 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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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 159
- FilmAffinity ID
- 553651
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- publication date
- 1998-11-06
- title
- Hamsun
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list of Danish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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Categories
1990s Danish-language films1990s Norwegian-language films1990s Swedish-language films1996 Danish films1996 drama films1996 films1996 German films1996 multilingual films1996 Norwegian films1996 Swedish filmsBest Film Guldbagge Award winnersBiographical films about writersDanish drama filmsDanish multilingual filmsDanish World War II filmsFilms about Nobel laureatesFilms about Norway in World War IIFilms directed by Jan TroellFilms set in NorwayFilms with screenplays by Per Olov EnquistGerman drama filmsGerman World War II filmsKnut HamsunNorwegian drama films