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Sult (Hunger) (1966)

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Release Date: May 11, 1966 Wide

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Set in the late 1800s, Hunger is about a struggling, starving Norwegian writer (Per Oscarsson) who rejects charity, even though he lives penniless in the streets, because he believes in the strength of his talent. Oscarsson won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his remarkable performance. The film is based on Knut Hamsun's novel, Sult. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Henning Carlsen

In Theaters: May 11, 1966 Wide

Sigma III Corp.

Cast

Per Oscarsson
The Writer
Gunnel Lindblom
Ylajali
Birgitte Federspiel
Ylajali's Sister
Knud Rex
Landlord
Carl Ottosen
Sailor
Osvald Helmuth
Pawnbroker
Lise Fjeldstad
Henki Kolstad
Editor
Pal Skjonberg

Critic Reviews for Sult (Hunger)

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Best of all is the carefully layered lead performance by Per Oscarsson.

November 12, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

A full banquet of Scandinavian angst.

August 22, 2006 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Fernando F. Croce

Slant Magazine

Henning Carlsen's version of Knut Hamsun's novel plays out accordingly as harrowing tragedy of disintegration and grim comedy of intransigence.

August 22, 2006 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Fernando F. Croce

Slant Magazine

The haunting characterization by Oscarsson is what gives this tale of misery its muscle and rawness.

August 14, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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Brilliant depiction of wandering & hunger, Oscarsson is stunning

December 28, 2008

Arash Xak

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It?s a film about debilitated sense perception. It?s a song about madness, but not any madness the fine lines of it, it?s a painting of paranoia, it?s a playfield of a game that one outsider in 1890 is playing against himself, and the small Norwegian town he eventually gives in to and loses it with a mischievous smile.

October 9, 2009

Jesse Chelifer

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