The Summer in Gossensass

The Summer in Gossensass

The Summer in Gossensass

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The Summer in Gossensass

1964

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Overview

'To the May sun of a September life', wrote Henrik Ibsen on the photograph of himself that he gave to 19-year-old Emilie Bardach in Gossensass in September 1889. This is a documentary about the sixty-second year in the life of the great Norwegian dramatist.

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Starring

Claes Gill

Claes Gill

Henrik Ibsen / Halvard Solness

Camilla Hasse

Emile Bardach / Hilde Wangel

Molly Urquhart

Mrs. Ibsen (Suzannah Ibsen)

Milo Sperber

Milo Sperber

Herr Bardach

Ingeborg Wells

Frau Bardach

Vivien Merchant

Vivien Merchant

Hedda Gabler

John Wood

John Wood

Eilert Løvborg

Jeffry Wickham

Jeffry Wickham

George Tesman

Rodney Bewes

Rodney Bewes

Young Ibsen

Vickery Turner

Vickery Turner

Rikke Holst

Creative team

Directed by: Casper Wrede
Written by: Michael Meyer
Casper Wrede
Produced by: Casper Wrede

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