Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler 1978 Directed by Jan Decorte

Jan Decorte's second feature film is an adaptation of the play Hedda Gabler by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Decorte moved the locus of action of Ibsen's realistic play from 1890 to 1950, twenty-eight years earlier than when the film was shot. The story begins when Hedda returns home from an overly long honeymoon with her newly wed but colourless husband Tesman. She is pregnant and will be courted by the writer Eljert Lövbor, an old lover who is about to break through with an exceptional novel of autobiographical quality [Avila].

Country Netherlands

Production Country Belgium

Language Dutch

Spoken Language Dutch

Gnere Drama

Production Company Ministerie van Nationale Opvoeding en Nederlandse Cultuur (België)

Release Date 1 January 1978

110 mins