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Hunger is a danois film of genre Drama directed by Henning Carlsen released in USA on 12 august 1968 with Per Oscarsson

Hunger (1966)

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Hunger
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Released in USA 12 august 1968
Length 1h51
Directed by
OriginDanemark
Genres Drama
Rating76% 3.843993.843993.843993.843993.84399

Hunger (Danish: Sult, Swedish: Svält) 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.

With its stark focus on a life of poverty and desperation, the film is considered a masterpiece of social realism. Film historians suggest it is the first Danish film to gain serious international attention since the work of Carl Theodor Dreyer. It is one of the ten films listed in Denmark's cultural canon by the Danish Ministry of Culture.

Synopsis

In 1890 Kristiania (Oslo), an impoverished and lonely writer named Pontus (Per Oscarsson) comes to the city from the country. He stands on a bridge, overlooking running water, writing but clearly starving. He visits a pawnbroker several times. He sells his waistcoat for a few cents, then gives the money to a beggar. Other money that falls into his hands he also gives away. He has written an article that a newspaper editor (Henki Kolstad) agrees to publish if he makes some corrections, but Pontus is too proud to accept an advance when offered, so he leaves elated but still hungry. He begs a bone for his dog, which he gnaws on secretly in an alley. He often has the chance to make things better for himself, but his pride gets in the way, such as when he declines the much-needed help of a worried friend.

Actors

Per Oscarsson

(Pontus)Gunnel Lindblom

(Ylajali)Birgitte Federspiel

(Her sister)Knud Rex

(Landlord)Hans W. Petersen

(Grocer)
And :
Henki Kolstad
Pål Skjønberg
Osvald Helmuth
Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen
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