The Wild Duck

The Wild Duck — Plot

The play opens in the study at Hakon Werle's house during a dinner party for the return of Werle's son, Gregers, from the Hoidal mines. Gregers has not come home for fifteen years. Old Ekdal appears before two servants, begging to be let into the office. Ekdal was an army officer and partner to Werle until a forestry scandal sent him to prison over some scandal. He now works as one of Werle's copyists.

• Release date
• April 9, 1963
• Runtime
• 106 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Tancred Ibsen

The Wild Duck — Cast

Henki Kolstad Hjalmar Ekdal Wenche Foss Gina Ekdal Lars Nordrum Gregers Werle

K

Kjersti Dalbye Hedvig

O

Ola Isene Gamle Ekdal

H

Hans Stormoen Doktor Relling

E

Erik Lassen Kandidat Molvig

E

Else Heiberg Fru Sørby