meant to be released in the autumn 1996 at the Venice Film Festival, but was brought forward to the spring as Norwegian television would release another film about Hamsun the same year. It also saved the film from having to compete against Bille August's historical epic Jerusalem. During the Swedish release Troell and the producer heavily criticized the distributor, Svensk Filmindustri, for the sloppy handling of the film, something he had also experienced with his previous film Il Capitano. See also Notable film portrayals of Nobel laureates List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Danish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film References External links 1996 films 1996 drama films Swedish drama films Norwegian drama films 1990s Norwegian-language films 1990s Swedish-language films 1990s Danish-language films Films set in Norway Films directed by Jan Troell Best Film Guldbagge Award winners Knut Hamsun Films about Nobel laureates Danish World War II films Biographical films about writers 1996 multilingual films Danish multilingual films Danish drama films German drama films Swedish World War II films Norwegian World War II films German World War II films 1990s German films 1990s Swedish films