A Doll's House (1973/II)

Director:

Joseph Losey

Writers:

Henrik Ibsen (play)
David Mercer (writer)

Release Date:

24 August 1973 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald...

Plot Keywords:

Insensitivity | Marriage | Redemption | Dysfunctional Marriage | Foreign Language Adaptation

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Jane Fonda	...	Nora Helmer
Edward Fox	...	Nils Krogstad
Trevor Howard	...	Dr. Rank
David Warner	...	Torvald Helmer
Delphine Seyrig	...	Kristine Linde
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Morten Floor	...	Bob
Tone Floor	...	Emmy
Dagfinn Hertzberg	...	Krogstad's Son
Ellen Holm	...	Krogstad's Daughter
Frode Lien	...	Ivar
Ingrid Natrud	...	Dr. Rank's Maid
Pierre Oudrey	...	Olssen
Anna Wing	...	Anne-Marie

Also Known As:

Maison de poupée (France)

Runtime:

USA:106 min

Country:

UK | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | Sweden:Btl | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1990)

Filming Locations:

Røros, Sør Trøndelag, Norway

Company:

Les Films de la Boétie

Trivia:

Because the Claire Bloom version of "A Doll's House" played in U.S. theatres that same year, the Jane Fonda version went directly to network television in the United States, after playing at the New York Film Festival.

Movie Connections:

Version of A Doll's House (1917)

Jane Fonda is NOT Nora

I saw both the Claire Bloom and Jane Fonda versions, and there is simply no comparison.

Bloom - No monotone in her voice, voice is NOT flat and emotionless, you can understand what she is saying because she doesn't speak at a hundred miles an hour, and her performance is believable. She changes her voice's intonation so it doesn't sound like a robot recording.

Fonda - Exact opposite I was stunned to find out that Fonda actually got good reviews for her performance. Let's take the final scene for example. When she tells Torvald to check his mail, she says very flatly, "YoushouldcheckyourmailTorvald." Had I not known what she was saying from having discussed this play in class and seen the Claire Bloom version, there is no way I would have known what she said. This pattern continues. I was ready to shoot myself having to watch such an emotionless failure that Fonda presents.

And as for Hollywood changing the scenes around, can't they simply leave a story alone? They didn't write A Doll House (NOT A Doll's House, this implies possession, and Nora - the doll - possesses NOTHING) so why can't they just leave the script alone? Watch the Claire Bloom version. She and Anthony Hopkins played their roles very well. My only complaint about that version is the mistake in the title