Hamsun (1996)

Hamsun was a famous Norwegian novelist and poet. This focuses on WW II and Hamsun's troubled marriage, his collaboration with the Germans, and his trial and post-war life. Note: I haven't read Hamsun's novels. 

Pros: The main positive is the acting. Von Sydow and Ghita Norby and simply fantastic as the two leads. Its also a complex, rich, atmospheric study of their marriage and their collaboration. The era's politics and historical details are shown in an adult historically accurate manner - for example, the Nazi's are not cartoon characters.
Cons: At 159 minutes the movie is long and the pace is often slow and deliberate. Further, the bitterness of the Hamsun' marriage and Hamsun's stiff-necked crankiness grew annoying at times Rating ***