This 1884 drama about the web of deceit woven by a bourgeois family is oneof Ibsen’s most frequently filmed plays. It tells of the Ekdals, whosesuperficially peaceful life is shattered when the family skeletons comeout of the cupboard. Hjalmar Ekdal, the father, considers himself abrilliant inventor, but will never actually invent anything. He issupported financially by old Werle, who was once the lover of Hjalmar’swife Gina and might even be the real father of 14-year-old Hedvig Ekdal.Tancred Ibsen stayed very close to the original text in adapting hisgrandfather’s bourgeois drama for cinema. Enthusiastically embraced byIbsen fans at the time, this film is still widely regarded as a primeexample of a faithful literary adaptation.