The film was nominated for the Palme D'Or and won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film in 1967 . For his leading role , Oscarsson won Best Actor awards at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival , the Best Actor award at the 4th Guldbagge Awards , 1967 Bodil Awards and the USA 's National Society of Film Critics award for Best Actor in 1968 . The film was also selected as the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee
4th Guldbagge Awards
4th Guldbagge Awards
Hunger (1966 film)