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Acclaimed Norwegian actress Liv Ulmann and English superstar Jeremy Irons star in this sensitive adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's tragic tale of a THE WILD DUCK.
Harold Ackland (IRONS) and his wife, Gina (ULMANN), run a photography shop in a small turn-of-the-century town. Together with their young daughter, Henrietta and Harold's father, Major Ackland, they lead a happy, but poor life.
When Gregory Wardle, Harold's old school friend returns to town he becomes jealous of Harold's happiness. Determined to destroy it, Gregory tells Harold a devastating secret, the secret of Gina's past indiscretions. When Harold confronts Gina,
Acclaimed Norwegian actress Liv Ulmann and English superstar Jeremy Irons star in this sensitive adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's tragic tale of a THE WILD DUCK.
Harold Ackland (IRONS) and his wife, Gina (ULMANN), run a photography shop in a small turn-of-the-century town. Together with their young daughter, Henrietta and Harold's father, Major Ackland, they lead a happy, but poor life.
When Gregory Wardle, Harold's old school friend returns to town he becomes jealous of Harold's happiness. Determined to destroy it, Gregory tells Harold a devastating secret, the secret of Gina's past indiscretions. When Harold confronts Gina, she cannot deny the truth and admits that their precious daughter is illegitimate. Unable to cope, Harold shuns Henrietta. Distraught and frantically trying to make sense out of her father's action, Henrietta decides she must prove her love for him and gives up her most prized possession; the thing her father knows she loves most in the world next to him, her beloved "wild duck."
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Release date: 1 January 2002
Number of discs: 1
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