Movie: Hedda Gabler

Top 7 Billed Cast

Diana Rigg
Diana Rigg

Hedda Gabler

Philip Bond
Philip Bond

Eilert Løvborg

Kathleen Byron
Kathleen Byron

Juliana Tesmen

Elizabeth Bell
Elizabeth Bell

Thea Elvsted

Denis Lill
Denis Lill

George Tesmen

Rosalie Williams
Rosalie Williams

Berthe

Alan Dobie
Alan Dobie

Judge Brack

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    Stuck in a loveless marriage to intellectual George Tesman, the ambitious Hedda Gabler hungers for a life her husband can't provide. Then a former flame, the successful Eilert, enters the picture, violence and blackmail aren't far behind.

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    1981-03-03

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