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The Wild Duck

09/01/1976

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1hr 45min

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Drama

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Bruno Ganz
  • Peter Kern
  • Anne Bennent
  • Jean Seberg
  • Martin Flörchinger

    Director

  • Hans W. Geißendörfer

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Solaris Film
  • Sascha-Film Produktions GmbH
  • WDR

    Production Countries

  • Austria
  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • German

Cast

Bruno Ganz

Gregers Werle

Peter Kern

Hjalmar Ekdal

Anne Bennent

Hedvig, seine Tochter

Jean Seberg

Gina Ekdal, seine Frau

Martin Flörchinger

Alter Ekdal

Heinz Moog

Konsul Werle

Heinz Bennent

Dr. Relling

Sonja Sutter

Frau Sörby

Guido Wieland

Pettersen

Anton Duschek

Graberg