The Wild Duck

Mar 5, 1984

1h 35m

★ 6.7

A dramatic and haunting tale of a special love that will charm you, stun you and touch your very soul...

Overview

Ibsen's play, adapted to Australia, concerns a couple forced to answer for their daughter's legitimacy.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Harold

Jeremy Irons

Gina

Liv Ullmann

Henrietta

Lucinda Jones

Old Ackland

John Meillon

Gregory

Arthur Dignam

Wardle

Michael Pate

Mr. Roland

Rhys McConnochie

Mrs. Summers

Marion Edward

Peters

Peter De Salis

Johnson

Jeff Truman

Elderly Guest

Desmond Tester

Mollison

Colin Croft

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7.7

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7.1

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7.2

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7.7

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6.8

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6.5

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6.8

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6.6

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7.1

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4.0

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6.6

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Rope

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A remake of the 1948 Alfred Hitchcock classic about two longtime friends who attempt to prove that they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party with the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.