Hamsun

Release Date:

Aug 6, 1997

Running Time:

2:38

Genre:

Biography

Director:

Jan Troell

Cast:

Max von Sydow	Knut Hamsun
Ghita Norby	Marie Hamsun
Anette Hoff	Ellinor Hamsun
Gard Eidsvold	Arild Hamsun
Eindride Eidsvold	Tore Hamsun
Asa Soderling	Cecilia Hamsun
Sverre Anker Ousdal	Vidkun Quisling
Erik Hivju	Dr. Gabriel Langfeldt
Edgar Selge	Terboven
Ernst Jacobi	Adolf Hitler
Svein Erik Brodal	Holmboe
Per Jansen	Harald Grieg
Jesper Christensen	Otto Dietrich
Johannes Joner	Finn Christensen
Finn Schou	Doctor
Eva von Hanno	Nurse
Jørgen Langhelle	Judge Eide
Rut Tellefsen	Mrs. Stray

Producers:

Lars Kolvig , Erik Crone

Writers:

Per Olov Enquist, Madeleine Fant, Marie Hamsun, Jan Troell

Language:

English

Related Programs:

The Conformist

Downfall

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This biopic centers on Knut Hamsun, a celebrated author in his native Norway. When fascism sweeps through Germany in the 1930s, the writer shocks his countrymen by allying himself with Hitler. Hamsun's wife, Marie, also joins the Nazi cause, and goes so far as to tour in Germany, hosting public speaking engagements in the country. After the war ends, the author and his wife are further vilified in Norway, and ultimately sentenced for crimes against the state.

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