The Wild Duck

The Wild Duck (1976)

Drama

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.

Director: Hans W. Geißendörfer

Casts

	Bruno Ganz as Gregers Werle
	Peter Kern as Hjalmar Ekdal
	Anne Bennent as Hedvig, seine Tochter
	Jean Seberg as Gina Ekdal, seine Frau
	Martin Flörchinger as Alter Ekdal
	Heinz Moog as Konsul Werle
	Heinz Bennent as Dr. Relling
	Sonja Sutter as Frau Sörby
	Robert Werner as Molvik
	Guido Wieland as Pettersen
	Uwe Falkenbach as Der Kahle
	Erich Aberle as der Dicke
	Bruno Thost as Der Kurzsichtige
	Anton Duschek as Graberg

Crew