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| Sult | |
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 Front DVD cover for the film Hunger |
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| Directed by | Henning Carlsen |
| Produced by | Göran Lindgren |
| Written by | Henning Carlsen, Peter Seeberg Knut Hamsun (novel) |
| Starring | Per Oscarsson |
| Music by | Krzysztof Komeda |
| Cinematography | Henning Kristiansen |
| Editing by | Henning Carlsen |
| Distributed by | Athena Film |
| Release date(s) | August 19, 1966 |
| Running time | 111 min. |
| Country | Denmark Norway Sweden |
| Language | Danish |
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Sult, (English title: Hunger), is a 1966 Black-and-white drama directed by Denmark's Henning Carlsen, starring Swedish actor Per Oscarsson, and based upon the novel by Norwegian Nobel Prize-winning author Knut Hamsun. Filmed on location in Oslo, it was the first movie produced as a cooperative effort among the three Scandinavian countries. The film was nominated for the Palme D'Or and won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film in 1967. For his leading role, Oscarsson won best actor awards at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival, 1967 Bodil Awards and the USA's National Society of Film Critics award for best actor in 1968.
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Plot
In 1890 Christiania (Olso), an impoverished and lonely writer named Pontus (Per Oscarsson) comes to the city from the country. A newspaper editor (Henki Kolstad) is waiting to publish an article by Pontus, but Pontus is too proud to accept an advance. When he is unable to pay his rent, the landlady (Else Heiberg) tosses him out. Hunger soon overwhelms Pontus and he drifts between hallucination and reality while struggling to survive. He suffers humiliations which lead him to the edge of insanity. One hallucination revolves around aYlajali (Gunnel Lindblom), a refined woman he has met on the street. Despite their mutual advances, nothing ever evolves for them. On a sudden impulse, Pontus hires on with the crew of a ship leaving the city.
Cast
- 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
- Osvald Helmuth ... Pawnbroker
- Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen ... Landlady
References
Monty, Ib Sult (Hunger), International Dictionary of Film and Filmakers, 2000
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