A Doll's House

A Doll's House (1973)

Nora Helmer lives a quiet life with her husband, Torvald, in a small Norwegian town. While he works diligently at a bank, she looks after their children. But Torvald doesn't know that several years ago, when he was very ill and she was desperate for money, Nora forged a loan document and has been secretly working to pay the money back ever since. The arrival of her friend Kristine prompts Nora to re-evaluate her life and confront Torvald.

Date of release
1973-08-16
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (15)
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
Drama
Director
Joseph Losey

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: A Doll's House

A Doll's House is a 1973 period drama film directed and produced by Joseph Losey, adapted by David Mercer from the 1879 play by Henrik Ibsen. It stars Jane Fonda in the role of Nora Helmer and David Warner as her domineering husband, Torvald. The cast also features Trevor Howard, Delphine Seyrig, and Edward Fox.

Production

Filming took place in the Norwegian town of Røros, where local residents served as extras for the exterior scenes.

The cinematographer was Gerry Fisher, who had a long professional relationship with Losey beginning in the mid-1960s during the director's British period, including Accident (1967), The Go-Between (1971), and Don Giovanni (1979).

French composer Michel Legrand provided the musical soundtrack, a "bright, horn-dominated neoclassical score".

Fonda's feminist sensibilities informed her performance and her relationship with Losey. The director, who had a history of stormy relationships with his leading ladies, earned the ire of both Fonda and Delphine Seyrig before the film was released.

In a letter from June 1973, Fonda assailed Losey for making "anti-feminist remarks to the press" and charging that "your [Losey's] inability to deal with, to countenance, strong women...has done irreparable harm to the film". On a personal note, she added: "I was never able to penetrate your paranoia or snobbery while we were working together".

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