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Hamsun

(1996)

April 19, 1996• 2h 39m
72%
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Overview

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.

Jan Troell

Director

Top Billed Cast

MvS

Max von Sydow

Knut Hamsun

GN

Ghita Nørby

Marie Hamsun

AH

Anette Hoff

Ellinor Hamsun

JC

Jesper Christensen

Otto Dietrich

ES

Edgar Selge

Terboven

EJ

Ernst Jacobi

Adolf Hitler

BT

Bjørnar Teigen

Young soldier

Ă…S

Åsa Söderling

FS

Finn Schou

PJ

Per Jansen

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