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Director: Jan Troell
Cast: Max von Sydow Ghita Nørby Edgar Selge Jesper Christensen Anette Hoff Sverre Anker Ousdal
Genre: Biography Drama War
Premiere: April 19, 1996
Running time: 159 min
Country: Germany Denmark Norway Sweden

Hamsun is a 1996 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Jan Troell and written by Per Olov Enquist, 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 a national hero to a traitor after supporting Nazi Germany during their occupation of Norway during World War II.

Sydow and Nørby speak in their native Swedish and Danish languages 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.

The film won the Guldbagge 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 shortlisted as a nominee.

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Hamsun is a movie (1996) from Germany, Denmark and Norway. Genre: biography, drama, war. Directed by Jan Troell. Starring Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby, Edgar Selge, Jesper Christensen and Anette Hoff. Running time: 159 min.

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