3 real historical locations · Germany, Norway
A Norwegian drama about Nobel Prize-winning author Knut Hamsun, who collaborated with the Nazi occupiers of Norway and met Hitler in 1943. After the war he was put on trial and his reputation destroyed — a complex portrait of genius and catastrophic moral failure.
CinemaMapped has mapped 3 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Germany, Norway.
The 1996 film depicts the final years of Nobel Prize-winning author Knut Hamsun — his controversial support for Nazi Germany and the Norwegian collaborationi...
Knut Hamsun (1859-1952), Norway's most celebrated author, publicly supported the German occupation of Norway and met Hitler in 1943. He praised the SS in a newspaper obituary for Reinhard Heydrich. After the war he wa...
View location →Nobel laureate Knut Hamsun lives at his farm Nørholm throughout the German occupation, writing pro-Nazi newspaper articles and receiving German officials. Hi...
Knut Hamsun (1859–1952) was the world's most famous Norwegian writer. His active Nazi collaboration shocked the world. He wrote Hitler's obituary as a tribute. After the war he was charged with treason.
View location →The 84-year-old Hamsun meets Hitler at the Berghof and uses the encounter to protest the brutal conduct of the German occupation of Norway — a surreal confro...
Hamsun met Hitler on 26 June 1943 and lectured him about the cruelty of Reichskommissar Terboven's regime. Hitler was reportedly furious at being scolded. Hamsun was tried for treason in 1947 and fined.
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