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Hunger
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Title: Hunger

Release Date: 19 Aug 1966

Runtime: 1h 52m

Genre: Drama

Director: Studio ABC, Sandrews, Svenska Filminstitutet

Production Companies: Studio ABC, Sandrews, Svenska Filminstitutet

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.4 (48 votes)

Cast

  • Pontus: Per Oscarsson
  • Ylajali: Gunnel Lindblom
  • Her sister: Birgitte Federspiel
  • Landlord: Knud Rex
  • Grocer: Hans W. Petersen
  • Editor: Henki Kolstad
  • Konstantin: Roy Bjørnstad
  • Painter: Sverre Hansen
  • Constable: Pål Skjønberg
  • Landlady: Else Heiberg
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