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 his is delighted and the next he curses everybody. All the time he manages to maintain human dignity and pride.
1966
HD
112min
Denmark
Danish
Henning Carlsen
Gunnel Lindblom
Knud Rex
Per Oscarsson
Birgitte Federspiel
Henki Kolstad
Hans W. Petersen
Roy Bjørnstad
Sverre Hansen
Pål Skjønberg
based on novel or book
writer
oslo norway
hunger
writing
