"Hamsun": Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives

Start Date: October 03 2012 - 01:00 PM

End Date: October 03 2012 - 03:00 PM

Category: Community

Location: Holocaust Center: A 202

Description:

Hamsun is a 1996 Danish-Swedish-Norwegian-German drama directed by Jan Troell, about the later life of the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun (Max von Sydow), who together with his wife Marie Hamsun (Ghita Nørby), went from being national saints to national traitors after supporting Nazi Germany during their occupation of Norway during World War II.

The film is notable for its use of language. Sydow and Nørby speak throughout the film in their native Swedish and Danish respectively, while the rest of the cast speak Norwegian or German.

It won the Gulbagge Awards for Best Film, Best Actor (Sydow), Best Actress (Nørby) and Best Script (Enquist).

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