The Wild Duck (film) explained

The Wild Duck
Director:	Henri Safran
Producer:	Phillip Emmanuel
Based On:	play The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen
Starring:	Jeremy Irons Liv Ullmann
Music:	Simon Walker
Cinematography:	Peter James
Editing:	Don Saunders
Runtime:	95 minutes
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Gross:	A$115,664 (Australia)^[1]

The Wild Duck is a 1984 Australian film directed by Henri Safran and starring Jeremy Irons and Liv Ullmann. It was adapted from the 1884 play by Henrik Ibsen, with the drama relocated to Tasmania in 1913.^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• Liv Ullmann as Gina
• Jeremy Irons as Harold
• Lucinda Jones as Henrietta
• John Meillon as Major Ackland
• Arthur Dignam as Gregory
• Michael Pate as George
• Colin Croft as Mollison
• Rhys McConnochie as Dr. Roland
• Marion Edward as Bertha
• Peter Desalis as Peters
• Jeff Truman as Johnson

See also

• The Daughter, another adaptation of the play

External links

• News: Canby. Vincent. Vincent Canby. Film: Liv Ullmann and Jeremy Irons in Ibsen's 'Wild Duck' The Wild Duck. The New York Times. 22 May 1985. 8.
  • The Wild Duck at Oz Movies

Notes and References

1. https://www.film.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/967/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria
2. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p. 194.
3. Web site: The Wild Duck (1983). https://web.archive.org/web/20160310010020/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b78a6c57c. dead. 10 March 2016. 29 June 2021. BFI.