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A Doll's House (1992)

A Doll's House poster
Directed by
David Thacker
Genre
drama, tv movie
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
2h 16m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wife and mother in a 19th century household secretly borrows money to save her husband's life. After a blackmail threat unravels her hidden actions, she confronts the truth about her marriage and her own identity.

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What happens

A Doll's House is a 1992 videotaped television production of the 1879 play of the same name by Henrik Ibsen. It was directed by David Thacker and first broadcast on BBC 2 on 21 November 1992, and was later shown on PBS's Masterpiece in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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