Hunger (1966)
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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.
- Date of release
- 1966-08-19
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (57)
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Henning Carlsen
Casting
- Per Oscarsson — Pontus
- Gunnel Lindblom — Ylajali
- Birgitte Federspiel — Her sister
- Knud Rex — Landlord
- Hans W. Petersen — Grocer
- Henki Kolstad — Editor
- Roy Bjørnstad — Konstantin
- Sverre Hansen — Painter
- Pål Skjønberg — Constable
- Else Heiberg — Landlady
- Lise Fjeldstad — Little girl
- Carl Ottosen — Sailor
Interesting facts
- Based on: Hunger
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
Hunger is a 1966 black-and-white drama film directed by Denmark's Henning Carlsen, starring Swedish actor Per Oscarsson, and based upon the novel Hunger by Norwegian Nobel Prize-winning author Knut Hamsun. Filmed on location in Oslo, it was the first film produced as a cooperative effort among the three Scandinavian countries.
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