Hamsun - (1996)
Hamsun at Berghof
Hamsun di Jan Troell
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- Release Date: 1997
- Runtime: 159 min
- Genre: Biography, Drama, War
- Starring: Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby, Anette Hoff, Gard B. Eidsvold ... see all
- Director: Jan Troell
- Plot: 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... Read more
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| Jan 06, 1998Los Angeles Times
Hamsun" is easily one of the year's finest films.....It is above all a cautionary tale about the artist isolating himself from the world and from his family at great peril.....When you consider the countless movies that sail by without a thought in mind it is amazing what "Hamsun" accomplishes..... ... Full Review
| Nov 21, 1997Los Angeles Times
Hamsun" is easily one of the year's finest films.....It is above all a cautionary tale about the artist isolating himself from the world and from his family at great peril.....When you consider the countless movies that sail by without a thought in mind it is amazing what "Hamsun" accomplishes..... ... Full Review
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Starring Max von Sydow, Goran Stangertz, and Sverre Anker Ousdal, the 1983 drama won various awards and competed at the Venice Film Festival.
For this memorable and moving 1998 documentary, Troell drew on his experiences making the feature, adding short clips from that film to archival materials (deteriorating still photos found in the ice).
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James Berardinelli's Reviews
Working with a brilliant cast, Troell is at the height of his powers.....Nobel prize winning writer.....S As the elderly Hamsun, Max von Sydow gives the crowning performance of an impeccable career..... ... Full Review
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