Hedda Gabler [videorecording] / 2 entertain ; British Broadcasting Corporation ; a Talent Associates-Paramount Ltd. production in association with BBC Television and CBS Television ; produced by David Susskind, Lars Schmidt, Norman Rutherford ; adapted for television by Phil Reisman ; translated by Eva Le Gallienne ; directed by Alex Segal.
Special features: Includes bonus play: The lady from the sea / by Henrik Ibsen ; translated by Michael Meyer ; producer, Cedric Messina ; directed by Basil Coleman. Starring Eileen Atkins and Denholm Elliott. (109 min. ; col. ; c1973.) Originally produced for television in 1962. Based on the novel by Henrik Ibsen. Ingrid Bergman, Michael Regrave, Ralph Richardson, Trevor Howard, Dilys Hamlett, Ursula Jeans.
Summary:
Hedda has just come back from her honeymoon, married to boring but reliable academic George Tesman. Refusing to tie herself down in life and name, Hedda is banking on George being appointed a professorship to secure a better life for the young couple. However, the arrival of cleaned up ex-lover Eilert threatens to destroy everything.
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