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Hedda Gabler (1962) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1962 · 75 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Alex Segal
- Starring
- Trevor Howard, Ralph Richardson, Ingrid Bergman, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Dilys Hamlett
Fresh from her honeymoon, Hedda Gabler returns to her marriage with the dependable yet dull scholar George Tesman. Unwilling to settle into a conventional life, she hopes George’s prospective professorship will give the couple a brighter future. Their fragile equilibrium is shattered when Hedda’s former lover, the reformed Eilert, reappears, threatening to upend everything.
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