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Hedda Gabler (1925)

Hedda Gabler poster
Directed by
Franz Eckstein
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Weimar Republic, Germany
Runtime
1h 43m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A recently married woman feels trapped in her new home and old social circle. She manipulates the people around her with cruel games.

slow-burntensemelancholicbleakvisually starkcerebralpsychologicalclaustrophobic

What happens

Hedda Gabler is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Franz Eckstein and starring Asta Nielsen, Paul Morgan and Frida Richard. It is based on Henrik Ibsen's 1891 play Hedda Gabler. The film was released on 30 March 1925. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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