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Hamsun

7.2 159 mins Drama   1996
Nordisk Film Denmark   TV 2  
Director(s): Jan Troell

Release Date: 19 Fri, Apr 1996

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.

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