Ibsen's Nora slammed the door; Strindberg's wife sets the whole house on fire.
August Strindberg's feedback to Henrik Ibsen's "Doll's House"--a short story from the collection "Giftas" (Getting married), about female emancipation and obsolete marriages.
Acting
Mai Zetterling's restrained desperation is quietly shattering.
Writing
Strindberg's petty revenge on Ibsen somehow transcends its own bitterness.
Director
Anders Henrikson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Strindberg wrote this after Ibsen's 'A Doll's House' caused scandal; he literally couldn't handle a woman choosing herself.
Mai Zetterling fled Hollywood to direct her own films—seems she related to Gurli's trapped performativity.
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