starring
Claire Bloom as Nora Anthony Hopkins as Torvald Ralph Richardson as Dr Rank Denholm Elliott as Krogstad Anna Massey as Kristine Edith Evans as Anne Marie
Hopeful that years of economising are over, Nora prepares a lavish Christmas to celebrate her husband's new position. Only one thing threatens her happiness-she is held to ' 'ransom" by Krogstad, who knows of an illegal transaction she has undertaken years before....
This finely acted version of Ibsen's play interweaves the themes of family loyalty, of love and betrayal and women's 'liberation', against a suspense-story drama. The movie version of his masterpiece opens a short season of adaptations of classic plays and novels.
Screenplay by CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON
Adapted from the play by HENRIK IBSEN Produced by HILLARD ELKINS
Directed by PATRICK GARLAND. Films: p 15 (First showing on British television)