Hamsun

Name: Hamsun
Director: Jan Troell
Genre: Drama
Released: 1996-04-19T
Duration: 159 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby, Anette Hoff, Jesper Christensen, Edgar Selge

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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.

Actor: Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby, Anette Hoff, Jesper Christensen, Edgar Selge, Ernst Jacobi, Bjørnar Teigen, Åsa Söderling, Finn Schou, Per Jansen

Director: Jan Troell

Years: 1996

Country: Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden

Quality: HD

Production: Nordisk Film Denmark, TV 2

Hamsun

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