Ibsen's Hedda Gabler (1963 TV - Ingrid Bergman) part 1 of 7

[sjbosch56]

The cast is excellent though we have to suspend our disbelief that these people ren't in their early 40s, rather than in their 20s -- 30s.

[wincipoet]

Ingrid Bergman...imo, a beautiful woman, but after watching many of her work I still don't think she was really superb in acting ;)

[h1imcam3r0n]

Thea is HOTT

[jmuslvr]

Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, and Trevor Howard were three of the greatest actors of the British stage and film industry. And Ingrid Bergman was one of the greatest actresses of film in the entire world. This production was made for television in 1963. Don't expect technical perfection in the filming. Do expect some of the finest acting you will ever see.

[1BloodyBrilliant]

Why don't you try reading the actual play, Ibsen is a brilliant writer...don't be so lazy.

[randomboringusername]

can anybody tell me is this accurate to the actual text

[scuez]

i love this play so much!

THIS IS THE SCENE I ACTED!

I WAS BERT, THE MAID

[ImaPSPcat]

Oh my gaaawd!! Henrik Ibsen rock!

[SucheDasWelt]

I FREAKIN LOVE INGRID BERGMAN!!!!!!!

[MrStevenChristian]

Is ist possible to upload "Hedda Gabler" with Mary-Louise Parker ?? Just wondering.....

[bellinivernon]

Exelente ! ; gracias ,desde argentina.

[xDCaitWasHere]

hedda gabler is an extremely symbolic piece of theatre. i read the script in my high school acting class. we're performing it for our school production. i'm playing mrs. elvsted. we portray hedda as a cynical, manipulative woman, using men to live the way she wants to. she is horrendously cowardly & very jealous of elvsted for her courage in leaving her husband. in the end the audience should feel badly for hedda & sympathize with her. she is merely a bird trapped in a cage, longing to be free.

[freeskii13]

Hey everyone from MV AP English:] I wonder if anyone will see this...

[MiniMullenOasis]

Well its obvious that the stakes wont appear to be as high as this is the first scene, which following the "Well-Made Play" standers of Stride, its dialogged, exposition. Also there are plenty of stakes so pay attention and you'll see them. As for "British Acting" its called stylized acting... the style Ibsen wrote. Any schooled fool would know that. Speaking of... to the previous comment, this isn't Shakespeare you twat, its Ibsen.

I don't say the video is gold, but is is very well done.

[witt19800]

Atrocious, typically British acting. No stakes, humdrum drama.

[OhShuttup]

yeah but that's probably because its a play, and it wasnt really meant for tv, and things have to be heaps exaggerated in plays. yeah.

[OhShuttup]

its not even shakespear, it's ibsen.

[spurtfather]

goose bumps from the moment it started, look at the bloody cast!! oh boy!

[Hambidosvinet]

i cant understand why most of drama people talks about shakespear, real drama is everywhere just look and think.

screw shakespear. ;)

[PatheticToady]

I'm going for an English Major and plan on skipping "The Bard." Despite the supposed Jinx.

[gman4dx266]

lol @ 7:35

[rolfeder]

Tesman's voice is annoying.

[AISILICIOUS]

part 5:25

[AISILICIOUS]

I love the part at 5:25!

[carlitowearsknickers]

Thanks for uploading, Its going to help me no end, I have a college assignment on context and Hedda Gabler is the material we're using.

[shawnie505]

Me too and Im not even in college yet lol

[FilmTraum9a]

Esta obra es una joya del cine!

[watch84]

Tessman reminds me of a fem theatre instructor I know here at USC he kind of looks like him to very weird

[VforVideo]

Hedda is such a bitch. If not a bitch..then certainly NOT feminine in anyway. There is NOTHING fertile about Hedda...she can only destroy. I just read the play for the first time and that is my initial reaction.

Tesman is more of a woman than Hedda it seems.

Naturalist theater is generally deterministic right? But this seems more existential...in the fact that the only way to escape fate is...suicide. ...?

I guess it's obvious don't know what Ibsen is trying to say.

Alcohol doesn't help.

[EstebanChaimSerrano]

Existentialism does NOT suggest that the only way to escape fate is suicide.

If you want to take an existential interpretation of the play, you could say that the mandates of Hedda's society on women were restrictive and therefore with her libery obstructed, she is unable to find her own identity and meaning. Her sense of meaning rather is on pressed upon her.

The only way to escape liberty is Liberty and Choice.

[indy4ever]

What makes Ibsen fascinating is that his work points backwards to stuffy bourgeois front room dramas and the naturalistic style, but also forward towards Modernism, especially the individual who is alienated within a society that has no place for them. Hedda isn't feminine in a traditional way, but is that a crime? Would it be better if she were 'nurturing' like Aunt Julie? This play presents Hedda as subject to the desires of the men around her (even her father). Is that fair?

[carlitowearsknickers]

'Tesman is more of a woman than Hedda it seems'.

I think thats one of the things Ibsen was trying to say. The roles are reversed in Hedda/Tesman.

[englishfolk]

wowoww this is ooo helpful for my Alevels cheers for uploading this!!!

[Mernerwastaken]

Bergman is too old for this

[ncywinski]

I love Hedda Gabler, this is the best performance i have found of it so far. The most convincing I mean. It is quite a dark play isn't it? But good!

[Shamborn]

how strange to see Bergman playing a sinister role like this. I've only seen her in Casablanca.

[fourthalphabet]

thx for uploading

[donkeybell]

Brill stuff! This is a great example of how to carry off the play without it becoming a ham-acting travesty! This will help me through my A-level exam nicely!

[lilymarie01]

I have to sya they stuck to the lines perfectly....

[madvillainess]

Oh my gosh, Tesman in this is PERFECT <3

[spike270490]

wow, it cant be this easy to see it, i missed the entire play in class, i wonder if theres a king lear on youtube somewhere...

[LostNPinkRibbons]

I hate ibsen this is so depressing imagion seeing this 6 days in a row that is what i had to do for the play

[Thugz4Real]

hahaha...i had 2 watch this in english class but didn't pay attention and now we have 2 write an essay about it! THANK GOD U POSTED THIS HERE ON YOUTUBE. UR A LIFE SAVER!!!

[angusyoungkicksass]

fuck, this is incredible

[Padfootmoon]

Oh thank you so much for posting this on youtube. It'll make my Norwegian project much easier, so I can get the storyline from another point as well as the book. But as usual English pronunciation of Norwegian names are always funny:) Not so much in this but in "a Dolls house" (Strange title in English) the names are very funny! They even changed Jørgen's name to George:)

This is one of the best plays by Ibsen:)

[coralarch]

Padfootman, you sound like a most interesting 14 year old! I loved Hedda Gabler- we did it at school for literature studies. Please tell, what is the Norwegian title of "A Doll's House"?

[Padfootmoon]

"Et Dukkehjem" it has the exact same meaning, but it's not sounding as good in English as it does in Norwegian.

[coralarch]

Thanks. How does that translate into English?

[Padfootmoon]

"A dollhouse" would probably be the exact translation.

[clitts12]

tis movie is so very beautifull.tnx..we can use t in our play at the school

[Nerweniel]

Seriously, you cannot imagine how I just squeed when I noticed someone put this on Youtube! THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! You rule :D!

So, incidentally, does Ingrid ;).

[serapizmKSK]

ı am so happy to see this.

[mstrsims2]

Wonderful. Thanks so much. I'll have to watch the Diana Rigg one and see how it compares!

[ttmobaleaaa]

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[ttmobaleaaa]

thanks, again.

[RobertCohn97]

I am happy to see this! :) THANX!

[anmili]

Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!

[mafialm]

ingrid bergman's fan are be happy

[mafialm]

congratulations for this

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