Henrik Ibsen Filmography

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Sara

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Niki Karimi, Yasman Malek-Nasr, Khosro Shakibai

Synopsis: Ibsen's 19th century classic play A Doll's House is closely adapted and set in modern Iran in this unique Iranian drama. This version is set in a wealthy Tehran home and in Sarah's husband Hessam's bank. Outwardly Sara is the perfect submissive Moslem wife, but to her friend Simi she confides that Read More

1994
A Doll's House

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Juliet Stevenson

1992
An Enemy of the People

Crew: Play Author

Actors: John Glover

Synopsis: Set in a small Maine town in 1883, this made-for-TV production tells the tale of an honest physician's attempt to warn his community about a public hazard that politicians and investors want to hide. The story begins with Thomas Stockman, M.D. (John Glover), who is awaiting results of the Read More

1990
A Doll's House

Crew: Play Author

Synopsis: Based on the famous play by Henrik Ibsen, this 1989 adaptation is one of several filmed versions of the classic tale. Claire Bloom stars as Nora Helmer, a housewife who long-ago saved the life of her ailing husband Torvald (Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins) by forging her father's signature on a loan. Read More

1989
An Enemy of the People

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Soumitra Chatterjee, Dhritiman Chatterjee

Synopsis: Legendary Indian film director Satyajit Ray developed this project based on a classic play by Henryk Ibsen because his doctor wanted him to only shoot films in a studio. The story has been transferred to Bengal, and Bengali is the language used in the film. In the story, Dr. Ashoke Gupta (Soumitra Chatterji Read More

1989
Ghosts

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Kenneth Branagh

1987
The Wild Duck

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Irons, Lucinda Jones, John Meillon, Arthur Dignam

Synopsis: Director Henri Safran adapts Henrik Ibsen's stage play to an Australian setting and a turn-of-the-century ambience in this uneven presentation of an illicit love and its consequences. Harold (Jeremy Irons) is a somewhat over-the-edge photographer who has lost out at a career in the sciences. His Read More

1983
Little Eyolf

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Diana Rigg, Anthony Hopkins

1982
Hedda Gabler

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Diana Rigg, Kathleen Byron, Alan Dobie, Dennis Lill

1981
An Enemy of the People

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Steve McQueen, Charles Durning, Bibi Andersson, Eric Christmas, Michael Cristofer

Synopsis: Steve McQueen served as both star and executive producer for this film version of the drama by Henrik Ibsen, which was adapted by Arthur Miller. When Dr. Thomas Stockmann (McQueen) discovers that a tannery has dangerously polluted a hot spring in his community, he feels that it is his duty to Read More

1978
Die Wildente

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Jean Seberg, Peter Kern, Bruno Ganz, Anne Bennent, Martin Floerchinger

Synopsis: This tragic drama is adapted from a popular Ibsen play about the relationship between a mother, her egomaniacal husband, and their daughter. The father never approves of anything the daughter does. Desperate to win his love, she gives up her own life so a wild duck may fly free. ~ Sandra Brennan Read More

1976
Hedda

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Glenda Jackson, Timothy West, Peter Eyre, Jennie Linden, Patrick Stewart

Synopsis: Hedda is a tasteful, literate cinematic translation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler. Glenda Jackson plays Hedda, the restless, free-spirited daughter of a Norwegian military officer. Hedda is married to George Tesman (Timothy West), a dull professor Read More

1975
Fru Inger Til Ostrat

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Frits Helmuth, Keve Hjelm

Synopsis: This historical drama is based on a play by Henrik Ibsen and set in the 16th century. The central figure in the low-keyed story is a Norwegian noblewoman who is seeking to bring independence to that country despite the involved political intrigues of the Swedes and Danes, who are using Norway as a Read More

1975
The Lady from the Sea

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Eileen Atkins

1974
A Doll's House

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Claire Bloom, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Richardson, Denholm Elliott, Anna Massey

Synopsis: Henrik Ibsen's oft-filmed play A Doll's House was adapted for the screen in this Anglo-Canadian production. Claire Bloom stars as Nora, the child-like "trophy bride" who matures rather rapidly when her husband is threatened with blackmail. Even after extricating her block-headed hubby from his Read More

1973
A Doll's House

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Jane Fonda, David Warner, Trevor Howard, Delphine Seyrig, Edward Fox

Synopsis: This Joseph Losey-directed 1973 version of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House marks one of two cinematizations of the story released during the same year. Here, Jane Fonda plays Nora Helmer, the mousy Norwegian wife who eventually turns on her insensitive husband Torvald (David Warner). At the time of Read More

1973
Peer Gynt

Crew: Play Author

Synopsis: The famed Henrik Ibsen play about a legendary traveler embarking upon a dangerous journey was the basis for the 1941 silent film Peer Gynt, originally created as a Northwestern University project, which features an early appearance by future film star Charlton Heston. It was shot along the shores Read More

1965
The Master Builder

Crew: Play Author

Synopsis: Henrik Isben's tragic meditation on love, betrayal, fear, and desperation come to life as never before in this powerful 1961 production detailing an ageing builder's struggle to maintain his crumbling career while reaching out for the love of a beautiful woman. E.G. Marshall and Lois Smith star. Read More

1960
A Doll's House

Crew: Play Author

Synopsis: A Doll's House is a 90-minute TV adaptation of the 1879 play by Henrik Ibsen. Julie Harris stars as Nora Helmer, the dutiful wife of Torvald Helmer (Christopher Plummer). Though Torvald loves his wife, he considers her a child and a possession. What he doesn't know is that, years earlier, Nora Read More

1959
Peer Gynt

Crew: Play Author

Synopsis: This adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's famous play features 16-year-old Charlton Heston in his film debut. It is a silent film, and was part of a Northwestern University project. It was filmed in the Mid West and on the northern shores of Lake Michigan. The story concerns an adventurous world traveler Read More

1941
Pillars of Society

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Heinrich George, Maria Krahn

Synopsis: Henrik Ibsen's 1877 play Samfundets Stotter (Pillars of Society) was the source for this German drama. The plot centers upon a flagrant case of municipal corruption, carried out by the town's "finest" people. The selfishness of the elite results in widespread tragedy, yet still the perpetrators Read More

1936
A Doll's House

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Alan Hale, Alla Nazimova, Philippe DeLacy

Synopsis: Henrik Ibsen's play had already been filmed twice before, in 1917 starring Dorothy Phillips, and in 1918 with lsie Ferguson. But this time around the star was dramatic actress Alla Nazimova, who had played Nora Helmer on stage in New York twice -- once in 1907 and again in 1918. The biggest Read More

1922
A Doll's House

Crew: Play Author

Synopsis: Film star Dorothy Phillips courageously tackled one of the most complex roles ever written when she starred in this 1917 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's The Doll's House. That Phillips was not quite up to the challenge was readily apparent to the critics, but fans of the actress were willing to give Read More

1918