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Hamsun is a norvegien film of genre Drama directed by Jan Troell released in USA on 6 august 1997 with Max von Sydow

Hamsun (1996)

Hamsun
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Released in USA 6 august 1997
Length 2h37
Directed by
OriginNorvege
Genres Drama
Rating71% 3.594063.594063.594063.594063.59406

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 national saints to national traitors after supporting Nazi Germany during their occupation of Norway during World War II.

The film is notable for its use of language. 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.

It 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 accepted as a nominee.

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Le film raconte la vie de Knut Hamsun, un écrivain norvégien controversé en raison de ses sympathies nazies.

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