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6 August 1997 (USA)
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They were worshipped as national saints. Hated as traitors. Their marriage spanned from the worst kind of betrayal to the greatest love...
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Knut Hamsun is Norway's most famous and admired author. Ever since he was young he has hated the English...
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An interesting movie about an interesting character in our literature history
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Max von Sydow | ... | Knut Hamsun |
 | Ghita Nørby | ... | Marie Hamsun |
 | Anette Hoff | ... | Ellinor Hamsun |
| Gard B. Eidsvold | ... | Arild Hamsun (as Gard Eidsvold) |
| Eindride Eidsvold | ... | Tore Hamsun |
| Åsa Söderling | ... | Cecilia Hamsun |
| Sverre Anker Ousdal | ... | Vidkun Quisling |
| Erik Hivju | ... | Dr. Gabriel Langfeldt |
| Edgar Selge | ... | Terboven |
| Ernst Jacobi | ... | Adolf Hitler |
| Svein Erik Brodal | ... | Holmboe |
| Per Jansen | ... | Harald Grieg |
 | Jesper Christensen | ... | Otto Dietrich |
| Johannes Joner | ... | Finn Christensen |
| Finn Schau | ... | Doctor |
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159 min
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Referenced in Bergmans röst (1997)
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First of all I'd like to say that this movie was more exciting than I would have thought it to be in the start. Which is always a plus. In the beginning it was odd to me that Knut Hamsun were played by a Swedish actor and his wife Marie Hamsun were played by a Danish actor. But to tell you the truth, after a while you hardly noticed the language difference. And they could probably not have found a better Knut and Marie for this movie. The movie starts right before the second world war, and the 'action' in it is mostly about the Hamsun family's life during the second world war and afterwards. It was kind sad that the movie started so late in Hamsun's life, seeing that he was around the age of 80 (?) in the war years. Because Knut Hamsun had an utterly exciting life before that, and the most of his writings were written before that. It was confusing to me who his kids were at times, seeing that they weren't introduced to us that well. This is a great movie about an Norwegian author who rather took side with the Germans during the second world war, since he despited the English. Or was he on the German side? this movie takes up this dilemma, which no one yet can be a 100% sure about. But just remember. This movie only takes the Last years of Knut Hamsun's life. You should know a few things about his life before this, if you want to understand the movie properly.