

Hamsun
Visit website7.2/10 • 25
1996-04-19 • 2h 39m
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.
- Directors
- Jan Troell
- Writters
- Jan Troell
- Editors
- Jan Troell, Jan Troell

Hamsun
Visit website1996-04-19 • 2h 39m
7.2/10 • 25
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.
- Directors
- Jan Troell
- Writters
- Jan Troell
- Editors
- Jan Troell, Jan Troell
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsMax von Sydow
Knut Hamsun
Ghita Nørby
Marie Hamsun
Anette Hoff
Ellinor Hamsun
Jesper Christensen
Otto Dietrich
Edgar Selge
Terboven
Ernst Jacobi
Adolf Hitler
Bjørnar Teigen
Young soldier
Åsa Söderling
Finn Schou
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- Swedish
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- Keywords
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