Max von Sydow as Knut Hamsun

Ghita Nørby as Marie Hamsun

Anette Hoff as Ellinor Hamsun

Jesper Christensen as Otto Dietrich

Edgar Selge as Terboven

Ernst Jacobi as Adolf Hitler

Bjørnar Teigen as Young soldier

Åsa Söderling as

Finn Schou as

Per Jansen as

Sverre Anker Ousdal as

Eva von Hanno as

Erik Hivju as

Eindride Eidsvold as

Jørgen Langhelle as

Gard B. Eidsvold as

Rut Tellefsen as

Håkon Rosseland as

Johannes Joner as

Svein Erik Brodal as

Jon Erling Wevling as

Liv Steen as

Silje Carine Kikut Moen as

Frode Rasmussen as

Bjørg Vatle as

Erik Kronstad as

Per Christensen as

Harald Brenna as

Berto Marklund as

Barbara Johanson as

Edvind Haugan as

Gro Solemdal as

Veslemøy Haslund as

Michael Christensen as

Trond Høvik as

Frank Rudi as

Svein Gundersen as

Peter Cyrus as

Nina Englund as

Karen Høie as

Lisette Berg Kilden as

Greta Espenes as

Rasmus Lange as

Pål Petter Brantzæg as

Peter Schreck as