The read
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of reality is withering. One moment he is delighted and the next he curses everybody. All the time he manages to maintain human dignity and pride.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
57 audience votes
Key crew
- Henning CarlsenWriter
- Henning CarlsenDirector
- Krzysztof KomedaOriginal Music Composer
- Peter SeebergWriter
Cast
- Per OscarssonPontus
- Gunnel LindblomYlajali
- Birgitte FederspielHer sister
- Knud RexLandlord
- Hans W. PetersenGrocer
- Henki KolstadEditor
- Roy BjørnstadKonstantin
- Sverre HansenPainter
- Pål SkjønbergConstable
- Else HeibergLandlady
- Lise FjeldstadLittle girl
- Carl OttosenSailor
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookwritinghungerwriteroslo, norway