Hamsun (1996)
"They were worshipped as national saints. Hated as traitors. Their marriage spanned from the worst kind of betrayal to the greatest love..."

Title: Hamsun
Original Title: Hamsun
Release Date: 1996-04-19
Status: Released
Rating: 7.2/10 (from 25 votes)
Language: SV
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Nordisk Film Denmark, TV 2
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.
Cast

Max 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

Per Jansen