Hamsun
They were worshipped as national saints. Hated as traitors. Their marriage spanned from the worst kind of betrayal to the greatest love...
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- Drama
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.
Keywords
- nazi
- world war ii
- biography
- author
- norway
- controversy
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 19, 1996
- Original language
- Swedish
- Spoken languages
- Danish, English, Norwegian, Swedish, German
- Countries
- Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden
- Production
- Nordisk Film Denmark,TV 2
- Cast
- Max von Sydow,Ghita Nørby,Anette Hoff,Jesper Christensen,Edgar Selge,Ernst Jacobi,Bjørnar Teigen,Åsa Söderling,Finn Schou,Per Jansenand 35 more
- Director
- Jan Troell
- Producer
- Erik Crone,Lars Kolvig
- Cinematography
- Mischa Gavrjusjov,Jan Troell
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0116480