| Genres: Biography, Drama, War, Cast: Edgar Selge, Gard B. Eidsvold, Ghita Nørby, Jesper Christensen, Jorgen Langhelle, Max von Sydow, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Anette Hoff, Eindride Eidsvold, Åsa Söderling, Jørgen Langhelle, Director(s): Jan Troell, Forever tarnished by his shocking support of the Nazi occupation during World War II, Norwegian Nobel Laureate Knut Hamsun was once his country's most illustrious and revered author. Spanning the final 17 years of his life, this searing biopic -- featuring a flawlessly nuanced performance by Max von Sydow as Hamsun -- recounts the writer's fall from grace. Ghita Nørby portrays Hamsun's embittered, manipulative wife. |