Hunger (1966 film)

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Hunger (1966 film) is a Danish psychological drama directed by Henning Carlsen, adapted from Knut Hamsun’s novel about a destitute writer’s descent into starvation and madness.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
adaptationType literary adaptation ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Knut Hamsun ⓘ
awardReceived Best Actor Award at Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
awardRecipient Per Oscarsson ⓘ
basedOn Hunger (novel) ⓘ
castMember Birgitte Federspiel ⓘ
Gunnel Lindblom ⓘ
Hans W. Petersen ⓘ
Per Oscarsson ⓘ
centralTheme alienation ⓘ
madness ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
psychological deterioration ⓘ
starvation ⓘ
cinematographyBy Henning Kristiansen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Denmark ⓘ
director Henning Carlsen ⓘ
distributor Norsk Film A/S ⓘ
linked to: Norsk Film
filmFestivalScreening Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
filmingLocation Oslo ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
historicalSettingPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
leadActor Per Oscarsson ⓘ
leadRole Pontus ⓘ
mainCharacter unnamed writer ⓘ
medium black-and-white film ⓘ
musicBy Krzysztof Komeda ⓘ
narrativeFocus inner life of a starving writer ⓘ
notableFor expressionistic psychological portrayal ⓘ
realistic depiction of poverty and starvation ⓘ
originalLanguage Danish ⓘ
productionCompany Norsk Film ⓘ
protagonistOccupation writer ⓘ
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1890 ⓘ
releaseYear 1966 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 111 ⓘ
screenwriter Henning Carlsen ⓘ
settingCountry Norway ⓘ
settingLocation Kristiania ⓘ
linked to: Oslo
subjectMatter artistic struggle ⓘ
mental instability ⓘ
social marginalization ⓘ
title Hunger ⓘ
Sult ⓘ

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