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A Doll's House

  • 1973
  • G
  • 1h 46m
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6.0/10
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A Doll's House (1973)
Nora Helmer, years earlier, committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband, Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed and lives in fear of her husband finding out and 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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Nora Helmer, years earlier, committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband, Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed and lives in fear of her husband finding out and... Read allNora Helmer, years earlier, committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband, Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed and lives in fear of her husband finding out and the shame such a revelation would bring to his career. But when the truth comes out, Nora... Read allNora Helmer, years earlier, committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband, Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed and lives in fear of her husband finding out and 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.

  • Director
    • Joseph Losey
  • Writers
    • Henrik Ibsen
    • David Mercer
    • Michael Meyer
  • Stars
    • Jane Fonda
    • Edward Fox
    • Trevor Howard
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    753
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joseph Losey
    • Writers
      • Henrik Ibsen
      • David Mercer
      • Michael Meyer
    • Stars
      • Jane Fonda
      • Edward Fox
      • Trevor Howard
    • 9User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Jane Fonda
    Jane Fonda
    • Nora
    Edward Fox
    Edward Fox
    • Krogstad
    Trevor Howard
    Trevor Howard
    • Dr. Rank
    Delphine Seyrig
    Delphine Seyrig
    • Kristine
    David Warner
    David Warner
    • Torvald
    Pierre Oudrey
    Pierre Oudrey
    • Olssen
    Anna Wing
    • Anne Marie
    Freda Krogh
    • Helmer's Maid
    Morten Floor
    • Bob
    • (uncredited)
    Tone Floor
    • Emmy
    • (uncredited)
    Dagfinn Hertzberg
    • Krogstad's Son
    • (uncredited)
    Ellen Holm
    • Krogstad's Daughter
    • (uncredited)
    Frode Lien
    • Ivar
    • (uncredited)
    Ingrid Natrud
    • Dr. Rank's Maid
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Rietty
    Robert Rietty
    • Small part actor
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Joseph Losey
    • Writers
      • Henrik Ibsen
      • David Mercer
      • Michael Meyer
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    • Trivia
      Because the Claire Bloom version of "A Doll's House" played in U.S. theatres that same year, the Jane Fonda version went directly to network television in the United States, after playing at the New York Film Festival.
    • Crazy credits
      None of the following members of the crew have job-titles assigned to them in the on-screen credits: David Allen; Frank Batt; David Bishop; Ron Downing; Helle Engelstad; Robert Fennell; Eileen Fletcher; Barbara Gillett; Lasse Glomm; David Goode; Barrie Payne; Tommy Raeburn; Mike Rutter; Laurie Shane; Pat Sims; Stephen Smith; Lasse Soether; David Stephenson; and John Wall.
    • Connections
      Edited into Ten Great Writers of the Modern World: Henrik Ibsen (1988)

    User reviews9

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    7/10
    This Movie Makes You Think
    When I first watched this movie, it was with my mom, and she brought up a good point. While not condoning Torvald's attitude (personally, I couldn't stand him), she said that he couldn't treat Nora like a woman when she acted so much like a child. While it's true, he seemed to prefer it that way, the fact remains that if she had behaved like a mature woman, a wife and mother of two young children, he would have been forced to acknowledge that and most likely wouldn't have referred to her in front of company as "my little songbird", and the like.

    Too often Nora comes off as silly, like when she's showing off the clothes she's going to wear on her trip with Torvald to her friend, Kristine, it comes off more as a kid sister showing off her dress for the dance, than two friends of around the same age having a talk. Later, when the family physician, Dr. Rank, whom Nora regarded as an uncle (again showing her little girl persona), reveals his love for her (as a woman, not a niece), she can't handle it and wants to pretend it doesn't exist. She wants nothing to upset her applecart.

    The apples are forced to tumble when she's confronted by how Torvald really feels about her actions, which were done out of love, but he refuses to give her a break, to even try to understand. Suddenly, the little girl has to grow up.

    I would have liked the story better if the children had been Torvald's from a first marriage, so Nora wouldn't actually be leaving her own children, and this to me weakened the story. Unless it's meant to show that Nora was so childlike that she didn't have actual maternal feelings for her children, they were just sources of amusement, like toys.

    My real interest in this movie was the relationship between Nils and Kristene. Nils starts out as the villain and ends up as the lovelorn hero. Kristene was seen to have made a heartbreaking sacrifice for her family and was not the gold-digger Nils thought her to be.

    A good movie, based on Ibsen's good play, and both give you things to think about.
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    • Release date
      • May 17, 1973 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • France
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Nora: A Doll's House
    • Filming locations
      • Røros, Norway
    • Production companies
      • World Film Services
      • Les Films de la Boétie
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    • Budget
      • $900,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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