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.
Credits
Die Wildente Cast
| Name |
Character |
|
Heinz Bennent
He was 55, 90 years old when he died
|
as Dr. Relling |
|
Bruno Ganz
He was 35, 77 years old when he died
|
as Gregers Werle |
|
Heinz Moog
He was 68, 80 years old when he died
|
as Konsul Werle |
|
Peter Kern
He was 27, 66 years old when he died
|
as Hjalmar Ekdal |
|
Jean Seberg
She was 37, 40 years old when she died
|
as Gina Ekdal, seine Frau |
|
Sonja Sutter
She was 45, 86 years old when she died
|
as Frau Sörby |
|
Anne Bennent
She was 12, now 61 years old
|
as Hedvig, seine Tochter |
Die Wildente Crew
