Ibsen's wild duck crashes a Swedish family dinner — and nobody leaves hungry for drama.
Season 1 • Episode 3
LatestActing
Pernilla August's quiet devastation — before she was Padmé's mom.
Direction
Widerberg's theatrical intimacy, cramped and claustrophobic.
Creator
Bo Widerberg
Tomas von Brömssen
Hjalmar Ekdahl
Pernilla August
Gina Ekdahl
Stellan Skarsgård
Gregers Werle
Sten-Åke Cederhök
Old Ekdahl
Melinda Kinnaman
Hedvig Ekdahl
Mona Seilitz
Mrs. Sörby
Mats Bergman
Relling
Claes Månsson
Molvig
Percy Brandt
Werle
Lauritz Falk
Chamberlain
Frank Sundström
Carl Jan Granqvist
Gunnar Schyman
Rikard Wolff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Widerberg adapted this for Swedish television after his theatrical success, bringing Ibsen's 1884 play to living rooms with cinematic naturalism rare for 1989 TV.
The wild duck itself — injured, hidden, symbolic — becomes the family ghost, and its fate mirrors everything.
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