Norway's ever-controversial literature Nobel Prize laureate Knut Hamsun and his fall from grace following World War II, where he had come out in support of Nazi ideology, and his eventual high treason trial rendered into fiction by Sweden's Jan Troell. The fiction, however, is confined to personal shadings in the accounting of Hamsun's stormy marriage to Marie and the dangerous path they chose to take together.
| Original title | Hamsun |
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| Danish title | Hamsun |
| Director | Jan Troell |
| Screenplay | Per Olov Enquist, Jan Troell |
| Based on | Bl.a. Thorkild Hansens dokumentariske roman "Processen mod Hamsun". |
| Producer | Erik Crone |
| Director of Photography | Jan Troell, Mischa Gavrjusjov |
| Editor | Ghita Beckendorff, Jan Troell |
| Sound | Morten Degnbol |
| Production designer | Karl Juliusson |
| Casting | Liv Sandvik |
| Appearance | Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby, Åsa Söderling, Finn Schou |
| Production country | Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany |
| Domestic distribution | Nordisk Film Biografdistribution |
| International sales | TrustNordisk |
| Technical info | 4380 meter, 35 mm, 1,85:1 - Widescreen, Fuji, Dolby, SRD |
| Danish theatrical release | 26.04.1996 |
| Cinemas | Dagmar, Palads, Lyngby Teatret, Ballerup Bio, Allerød Bio, Grand, Gladsaxe Bio, Værløse Bio, BioCity (Tåstrup), Birkerød Bio samt i 30 provinsbiografer |
| Danish rating | Allowed for children over the age of 12 |
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| Production company | Nordisk Film |
| Domestic distribution | Nordisk Film Biografdistribution |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Jan Troell |
| Casting | Liv Sandvik |
| Casting: extras | Øystein Kjennerud |
| Assistant director | Madeleine Fant |
| Assistant director | Bjarne Bjørndalen |
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Script |
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| Script | Per Olov Enquist |
| Screenplay | Jan Troell |
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Production |
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| Production | Erik Crone |
| Producer | Erik Crone |
| Unit manager | Cato Bach Christensen |
| Executive producer | Lars Kolvig |
| Associate producer | Waldemar Bergendahl |
| Associate producer | Kerstin Bonnier |
| Associate producer | Hans Morten Rubin |
| Associate producer | Petter Vennerød |
| Line producer | Michael Christensen |
| Production manager | Finn Gjerdrum |
| Production manager | Kaare Storemyr |
| Producer's assistant | Cornelia Boysen |
| Unit manager | Binne Thoresen |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematography | Jan Troell |
| Cinematography | Mischa Gavrjusjov |
| First assistant camera | Hilde Malme |
| Camera operator: Denmark | Søren Berthelin |
| Camera operator: Denmark | Birger Bohm |
| Camera operator: Denmark | Jeppe Jeppesen |
| Camera operator: Denmark | Erik Thal-Jantzen |
| Camera operator: 2. unit | Alexander Fischerkoesen |
| Clapper/loader | Thomas Lien |
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Electrical dept. |
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| Electrical dept. | Per Danbo |
| Best boy | Per Danbo |
| Assistant lighting technician | Morten Andreassen |
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Editing |
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| Editing | Ghita Beckendorff |
| Editing | Jan Troell |
| Assistant editor | Merete Brusendorff |
| Assistant editor | Søren Jas Larsen |
| Assistant editor | Sophie Ljungblom |
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Production design |
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| Production design | Karl Juliusson |
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Wardrobe |
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| Wardrobe | Lotte Dandanell |
| Costume assistant | Karen Fabritius Gram |
| Costume assistant | Runa Fönne |
| Costumes: pre-production | Bente Winther-Larsen |
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Makeup |
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| Makeup | John "Janne" Kindahl |
| Makeup | June Pålgard |
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Sound |
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| Sound | Morten Degnbol |
| Sound | Morten Degnbol |
| Sound | Niels Arnt Torp |
| Sound editor | Martin Saabye Andersen |
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Visual effects |
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| Color timing | Michael Frank Nielsen |
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Appearance |
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| Knut Hamsun | Max von Sydow |
| Marie Hamsun | Ghita Nørby |
| Cecilia Hamsun | Åsa Söderling |
| Læge | Finn Schou |
| Harald Grieg | Per Jansen |
| Vidkun Quisling | Sverre Anker Ousdal |
| Ellinor Hamsun | Anette Hoff |
| Sygeplejerske 1 | Eva von Hanno |
| Professor Langfeldt | Erik Hivju |
| Tore Hamsun | Eindride Eidsvold |
| Dommer Eide | Jørgen Langhelle |
| Arild Hamsun | Gard B. Eidsvold |
| Terboven | Edgar Selge |
| Fru Stray | Rut Tellefsen |
| Otto Dietrich | Jesper Christensen |
| Adolf Hitler | Ernst Jacobi |
| Anklager Odd Vinje | Håkon Rosseland |
| Finn Christensen | Johannes Joner |
| Holmboe | Svein Erik Brodal |
| Espen Brodersen | Jon Erling Wevling |
| Ung soldat | Bjørnar Teigen |
| Fru Quisling | Liv Steen |
| Køkkenpige | Silje Carine Kikut Moen |
| Mødeleder | Frode Rasmussen |
| Pensionatsværtinde | Bjørg Vatle |
| Tysk minister | Erik Kronstad |
| Forlagsredaktør | Per Christensen |
| Styrmand | Harald Brenna |
| Gestapomand | Berto Marklund |
| Tysk mødeleder 1 | Peter Schreck |
| Kvindelig tilhører | Barbara Johanson |
| Tysk officer | Edvind Haugan |
| Kokkepige på Nørholm | Gro Solemdal |
| Kvinde | Veslemøy Haslund |
| Gårdskarl | Michael Christensen |
| Journalist | Trond Høvik |
| Griegs medfange | Frank Rudi |
| Chauffør | Svein Gundersen |
| Tysk mødeleder 2 | Peter Cyrus |
| Sygeplejerske 2 | Nina Englund |
| Forstanderinde | Karen Høie |
| Pige | Lisette Berg Kilden |
| Vogterske | Greta Espenes |
| Filmoperatør | Rasmus Lange |
| Lægeassistent | Pål Petter Brantzæg |
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| Music | Year | Composer |
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| Fratres for violin og klaver | 1996 | Arvo Pärt |
| Fratres for 12 celloer | 1996 | Arvo Pärt |
| Psalom | 1996 | Arvo Pärt |
| Trisagion | 1996 | Arvo Pärt |
| Fratres for strygeorkester og slagtøj | 1996 | Arvo Pärt |
| Fratres for 8 celloer | 1996 | Arvo Pärt |
| Fratres for violin, strygeorkester og slagtøj | 1996 | Arvo Pärt |
| Duo for violin, nr. 21 | 1996 | Béla Bartók |
| Künstlerleben | 1996 | Johann Strauss |
| Frühlingsstimmen, opus 410 | 1996 | Johann Strauss |
| Wiener Blut, opus 354 | 1996 | Johann Strauss |
| Ja, vi elsker dette landet | 1996 | Rikard Nordraak |
| Siegfried | 1996 | Richard Wagner |
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