A Doll's House (I) (1973)

A wealthy woman's attempts to help her financially troubled husband go unrewarded.

Director:

Patrick Garland

Writers:

Henrik Ibsen (play), Christopher Hampton (screenplay),

Stars:

Claire Bloom, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Richardson

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Claire Bloom	...	Nora Helmer
Anthony Hopkins	...	Torvald Helmer
Ralph Richardson	...	Dr. Rank (as Sir Ralph Richardson)
Denholm Elliott	...	Krogstad
Anna Massey	...	Kristine Linde
Edith Evans	...	Anne-Marie (as Dame Edith Evans)

Storyline

Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed lives in fear of her husband's finding out and of the shame such a revelation would bring to his career. But when the truth comes out, Nora is shocked to learn where she really stands in her husband's esteem.

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Plot Keywords:

remake | husband wife relationship | marital problem | loneliness | blackmail | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 May 1973 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Casa de muñecas

Filming Locations:

EMI Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Elkins Productions International Corporation, Freeward Films, Life Investors International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"A Doll's House: originally opened in the U.S. at Palmer's Theater on December 21, 1889 and has been revived on Broadway eight times as of 2008.

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Crazy Credits

Although the main title reads "Henrik Ibsen's 'A Doll's House'", the credits at the end state "Based on the play by Christopher Hampton". Hampton actually did not write the play; he only wrote the screenplay and the English translation.

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Connections

Version of Performance: A Doll's House (1992)

User Reviews

solid theatre adaptation

One of the two versions of this play filmed in 1973, this 'Doll's House' has a strong cast and looks like filmed theatre - not always a bad thing, and it works well enough here to keep the viewer interested.

Anthony Hopkins, prickly as Torvald; Claire Bloom, delicate and confused as Nora; with Ralph Richardson striking just the right note as Dr Rank. Anna Massey and Denholm Elliott complete the cast and are both very good indeed.

Not really cinema, but perhaps the best of the three versions of Ibsen's powerful play I've seen. In comparison with David Warner and Trevor Eve, Hopkins is just as effective; while Claire Bloom's Nora is sufficiently different from Jane Fonda and Juliet Stevenson to attract our interest and empathy.