Hunger

Hunger

112 mins | Drama | Aug. 19, 1966

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.

Hunger

112 mins | Drama | Aug. 19, 1966

Hunger
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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Sandrews, Svenska Filminstitutet, Studio ABC
Original title Sult
Directors Henning Carlsen
Writers Peter Seeberg, Knut Hamsun, Henning Carlsen

Cast

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

Roy Bjørnstad

as Konstantin

Sverre Hansen

as Painter

Pål Skjønberg

as Constable

Else Heiberg

as Landlady

Lise Fjeldstad

as Little girl

Carl Ottosen

as Sailor

Osvald Helmuth

as Pawnbroker