December 19, 1975
Release Date

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Hedda (1975)

Name: Hedda
Genre: Drama
Released: 1975-12-19

1h 42m

Running Time

December 19, 1975
Release Date

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Plot.

Returning from her honeymoon with her husband, scholar Jorgen, the cold and manipulative Hedda Gabler is unmoved by the sacrifices he's made to provide her with an elegant home. But when she learns that Jorgen's rival for a university position, Ejlert, has made a surprising comeback with a recent publication, she's quick to push him back into his former alcoholism, steal the sequel to his book and even encourage the writer to kill himself.

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Release Date
December 19, 1975

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 42m

Content Rating
PG

Genres
Drama

Wiki.

Hedda is a 1975 film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1891 play Hedda Gabler, written for the screen and directed by Trevor Nunn, and starring Glenda Jackson, Timothy West, Peter Eyre, Patrick Stewart (in his screen debut), and Jennie Linden. The plot involves the experiences of the title character, Hedda (Jackson), the daughter of a general, who is trapped in a marriage and a house that she does not want.

This film was the first (and, as of 2023, the only) major theatrical film version of the play in English. Other productions of the play in English with sound have been made for television.

Hedda earned Jackson her fourth nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition.