The Wild Duck

The Wild Duck (1976)

Die Wildente

Consul Werle holds a reception in honour of the homecoming of his son Gregers. At the reception, Gregers meets his childhood friend, Hjalmar Ekdal, who is married to Gina, a former maid of the Werle family. Hjalmar is unaware that Werle had an affair with Gina and that their 14-year-old daughter Hedwig is not his child. Gregers moves in with the Ekdals with the intention of allowing unsuspecting Hjalmar and his family to share in the "happiness of truth". Hedwig is entirely devoted to a wild duck, which lives on a pond outside their house. When Hjalmar learns the truth about his daughter, he wants to leave his family. Gregers advises Hedwig to kill the wild duck so that her father, impressed by this sacrifice, will return home. On the following day, Hedwig's birthday, she doesn't shoot the duck, but shoots herself instead.

Date of release
1976-09-01
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama
Director
Hans W. Geißendörfer

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Wild Duck

Die Wildente is a 1976 West German-Austrian feature film based on the play The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen. Bruno Ganz played the leading role under the direction of Hans W. Geißendörfer.

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