Hunger
1966 · Movie · 112 min · ★ 7.3
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.
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Details
- Years
- 1966
- Release date
- 1966-08-19
- Language
- Danish
- Runtime
- 112 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (53 votes)
Themes
- based on novel or book
- writing
- hunger
- writer
- oslo, norway
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 1967 · nominated
Cast & crew
Per Oscarsson
as Pontus
Gunnel Lindblom
as Ylajali
Birgitte Federspiel
as Her sister
Knud Rex
as Landlord
Hans W. Petersen
as Grocer
Henki Kolstad
as Editor
- RB
Roy Bjørnstad
as Konstantin
- SH
Sverre Hansen
as Painter
- PS
Pål Skjønberg
as Constable
- EH
Else Heiberg
as Landlady
Directed by Henning Carlsen