The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 2h 39m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
28 audience votes
Key crew
- Jan TroellDirector
- Jan TroellWriter
- Per Olov EnquistScreenplay
Cast
- Max von SydowKnut Hamsun
- Ghita NørbyMarie Hamsun
- Anette HoffEllinor Hamsun
- Jesper ChristensenOtto Dietrich
- Edgar SelgeTerboven
- Ernst JacobiAdolf Hitler
- Bjørnar TeigenYoung soldier
- Åsa SöderlingCast
- Finn SchouCast
- Per JansenCast
- Sverre Anker OusdalCast
- Eva von HannoCast