Based on a very successful play of the same name by Tankred Dorst, this film tells a story about Norwegian author Knut Hamsun (here played by O.E. Hasse), a Nobel prizewinner for literature who was notorious for having collaborated with the Nazi regime. After the war, rather than hand him over for prosecution, he was sent to a retirement home. A young man, bitter about the war, tracks him down and begins to harass him in various ways. The author handles everything that comes to him with remarkable dignity, which eventually removes some of the taint from his actions.
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Eiszeit Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Heinz Bennent
He was 54, 90 years old when he died
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as Pastor Holm |
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Helmut Qualtinger
He was 46, 57 years old when he died
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as Offizier |
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Rosel Zech
She was 33, 69 years old when she died
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as Wanda |
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O.E. Hasse
He was 72, 75 years old when he died
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as alter Mann |
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Ulrich Wildgruber
He was 37, 62 years old when he died
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as Oswald Kronen |
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Hannelore Hoger
She was 33, now 82 years old
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as Vera |
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Walter Schmidinger
He was 42, 80 years old when he died
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as Paul |
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Hermann Lause
He was 36, 66 years old when he died
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as Direktor |
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Diether Krebs
He was 28, 52 years old when he died
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Elisabeth Stepanek
She was 22, 42 years old when she died
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as Sonja |
Eiszeit Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Peter Zadek as Director. He was 49 (83) years old when He died
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Directing |
