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