Wayfarers (film)

Wayfarers
Directed by Ola Solum
Produced by Gunnar Svensrud
Peter Bøe
(production manager)
Written by Hans Lindgren
Lars Saabye Christensen
Ola Solum
Based on Wayfarers by Knut Hamsun
Starring Trond Peter Stamsø Munch
Marika Lagercrantz
Helge Jordal
Music by Henning Sommerro
Cinematography Harald Paalgard
Edited by Yngve Refseth
Distributed by Norsk Film
Release dates
  • August 17, 1989 (1989-08-17)
Running time
138 minutes
Country Norway
Language Norwegian

Wayfarers (Norwegian: Landstrykere) is a 1989 Norwegian feature film directed by Ola Solum.[1][2][3] The screenplay was written by Hans Lindgren, Lars Saabye Christensen, and Solum.[3] It is based on the 1927 novel Wayfarers by Knut Hamsun.[3] The film depicts Nordland during the transition between the era of the "privileged traders" and modernity in the 1860s.

The film was released on DVD in 2009.

Cast

References

  1. Iversen, Gunnar. 1998. Norway. In: Tytti Soila et al. Nordic National Cinemas, pp. 97–134. London: Routledge, p. 133.
  2. Cowie, Peter. 1992. Cinema Des Pays Nordiques. English: A Survey of the Films and Film-Makers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. London: Tantivy Press, p. 97.
  3. 1 2 3 Norsk filmografi: Landstrykere
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/12/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.