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Hamsun

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Initial release Norway
Directors Jan Troell
Screenplay Jan Troell
Per Olov Enquist
Thorkild Hansen
Production companies Nordisk Film
AB Svensk Filmindustri
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About Hamsun


This biopic centers on Knut Hamsun (Max von Sydow), a celebrated author in his native Norway. When fascism sweeps through Germany in the 1930s, the writer shocks his countrymen by allying himself with Hitler. Hamsun's wife, Marie (Ghita Nørby), also joins the Nazi cause, and goes so far as to tour in Germany, hosting public speaking engagements in the country. After the war ends, the author and his wife are further vilified in Norway, and ultimately sentenced for crimes against the state. … MORE

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