A man builds towers to heaven but can't face his own collapse.
Famed playwright Henrik Ibsen tells the tale of a master builder in the twilight of his career who reaches for love in response to his work's demise.
Acting
E.G. Marshall's suffocating desperation
Direction
Stage-to-screen tension that never breathes
Director
Richard A. Lukin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ibsen wrote this while recovering from a stroke, watching his own theatrical dominance crumble—Solness IS the playwright.
Lois Smith originated Hilda on Broadway in 1955 and returned to the role here, carrying five years of audience memory in her performance.
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