1922 Drama
Norway
1h 36min
Original language: Silent
Pan is a startlingly modern work with a post-psychological sense of character that seems to anticipate Antonioni (both of the main characters are given to arbitrary, self-destructive actions) and an audacious structure that involves both a rare, first-person narration (by a dead man, no less) and a dual storyline that feels like something out of Faulkner. Based on a novel by Knut Hamsun, the film is one of those masterful one-offs, like Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter, that leave you wondering why the director -- in this case, the German-born actor Harald Schwenzen -- never made another film.
Directed by | Harald Schwenzen |
Written by | Harald Schwenzen, Knut Hamsun |