Hamsun
1996, Film, 159 min, Biography, Drama, War, Swedish, Sweden, MoviePedia score 67
They were worshipped as national saints. Hated as traitors. Their marriage spanned from the worst kind of betrayal to the greatest love...
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.
Directed by Jan Troell
Cast
- Max von Sydow as Knut Hamsun
- Ghita Nørby as Marie Hamsun
- Anette Hoff as Ellinor Hamsun
- Gard B. Eidsvold as Arild Hamsun
- Eindride Eidsvold as Tore Hamsun
- Åsa Söderling as Cecilia Hamsun
- Sverre Anker Ousdal as Vidkun Quisling
- Erik Hivju as Professor Langfeldt
- Edgar Selge as Terboven
- Ernst Jacobi as Adolf Hitler
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