The Wild Duck (1984)

Synopsis: Liv Ullmann and Jeremy Irons star in this adaptation of the Henrik Ibsen play. Now set in turn-of-the-century Australia -- rather than Norway -- the film focuses on an unsuccessful scientist, Harold Ackland, who has recently taken up... Liv Ullmann and Jeremy Irons star in this adaptation of the Henrik Ibsen play. Now set in turn-of-the-century Australia -- rather than Norway -- the film focuses on an unsuccessful scientist, Harold Ackland, who has recently taken up photography. His family does not fare much better then he does; he has an emotionally frail wife, Gina; a fearful daughter, Henrietta; and an alcoholic father, Major Ackland. This fragile home life shatters, finally, when a boyhood chum of Harold's visits... and exposes an age-old secret. [More]

Starring: Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Irons, Lucinda Jones, John Meillon

Starring: Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Irons, Lucinda Jones, John Meillon

Director: Henri Safran

Director: Henri Safran

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