The Wild Duck

The Wild Duck (1976)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1976-09-01
  • Runtime: 1h 45min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: Solaris Film
  • Production Country: Austria, Germany
  • Director: Hans W. Geißendörfer

Summary

Consul Werle holds a reception in honour of the homecoming of his son Gregers. At the reception, Gregers meets his childhood friend, Hjalmar Ekdal, who is married to Gina, a former maid of the Werle family. Hjalmar is unaware that Werle had an affair with Gina and that their 14-year-old daughter Hedwig is not his child. Gregers moves in with the Ekdals with the intention of allowing unsuspecting Hjalmar and his family to share in the "happiness of truth". Hedwig is entirely devoted to a wild duck, which lives on a pond outside their house. When Hjalmar learns the truth about his daughter, he wants to leave his family. Gregers advises Hedwig to kill the wild duck so that her father, impressed by this sacrifice, will return home. On the following day, Hedwig's birthday, she doesn't shoot the duck, but shoots herself instead.

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  • Bruno Ganz

    as Gregers Werle
  • Peter Kern

    as Hjalmar Ekdal
  • Anne Bennent

    as Hedvig, seine Tochter
  • Jean Seberg

    as Gina Ekdal, seine Frau
  • Martin Flörchinger

    as Alter Ekdal
  • Heinz Moog

    as Konsul Werle
  • Heinz Bennent

    as Dr. Relling
  • Sonja Sutter

    as Frau Sörby
  • Guido Wieland

    as Pettersen
  • Anton Duschek

    as Graberg
  • Uwe Falkenbach

    as Der Kahle
  • Erich Aberle

    as der Dicke
  • Bruno Thost

    as Der Kurzsichtige
Directing Hans W. Geißendörfer Director
Costume & Make-Up Lilli Zangerle Makeup Artist
Production Harry Nap Unit Manager
Costume & Make-Up Hannelore Uhrmacher Makeup Artist
Production Hans Weth Production Manager
Art Ulrich Schröder Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Lambert Hofer Jr. Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Edith Almoslino Costume Design
Writing Henrik Ibsen Original Story
Sound Niels Janette Walen Music
Writing Hans W. Geißendörfer Writer
Camera Robby Müller Director of Photography
Editing Jutta Brandstaedter Editor
Production Bernd Eichinger Producer

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