Hamsun (film)
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Hamsun is a 1996 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Jan Troell, about the later life of the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun (Max von Sydow), who, together with his wife Marie Hamsun (Ghita Nørby), went from being a national hero to a traitor after supporting Nazi Germany during their occupation of Norway during World War II.
Sydow and Nørby speak in their native Swedish and Danish respectively, though there is a scene where he speaks English and several where she speaks German; the rest of the cast speak Norwegian or German.
The film won the Gulbagge Awards for Best Film, Best Actor (Sydow), Best Actress (Nørby) and Best Screenplay (Enquist). The film was selected as the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not shortlisted as a nominee.
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
- Liv Steen as Mrs. Quisling
- Erik Hivju as Dr. Gabriel Langfeldt
- Edgar Selge as Josef Terboven
- Ernst Jacobi as Adolf Hitler
- Svein Erik Brodal as Holmboe
- Per Jansen as Harald Grieg
- Jesper Christensen as Otto Dietrich
- Johannes Joner as Finn Christensen
- Finn Schau - Doctor
