A Doll's House (1973 Garland film)

{{Short description|1973 British film by Patrick Garland}}

{{distinguish|A Doll's House (1973 Losey film)}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = A Doll's House

| image = ADollsHouseGarland1973Poster.jpg

| caption = US theatrical poster

| director = Patrick Garland

| producer = Hillard Elkins

| screenplay = Christopher Hampton

| based_on = {{based on|A Doll's House|Henrik Ibsen}}

| starring = Claire Bloom
Anthony Hopkins

| music = John Barry

| cinematography = Arthur Ibbetson

| editing = John Glen

| studio = Elkins Productions

| distributor = Anglo EMI Film Distributors Limited

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1973|05|22|US}}

| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

A Doll's House is a 1973 British drama film directed by Patrick Garland and written by Christopher Hampton, based on Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play. It stars Claire Bloom and Anthony Hopkins.{{cite web|last=Canby|first=Vincent|title=A Doll s House (1973)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A0DE3DE123DE63ABC4B51DFB3668388669EDE|work=nytimes.com|access-date=12 March 2014}}{{cite web|last=Lewis|first=Jone Johnson|title=A Doll's House|url=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/men19th/gr/dolls_house.htm|publisher=womenshistory.about.com|access-date=12 March 2014|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208090858/http://womenshistory.about.com/od/men19th/gr/dolls_house.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=A Doll's House|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/a-dolls-house|publisher=timeout.com|access-date=12 March 2014}}{{cite web|last=Patow|first=Alex|title=A Doll's House|url=https://bu.digication.com/alexpatow/Reaction_to_A_Doll_s_House_Film|publisher=bu.digication.com|access-date=12 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312212646/https://bu.digication.com/alexpatow/Reaction_to_A_Doll_s_House_Film|archive-date=12 March 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|last=Erickson|first=Glenn|title=A Doll's House|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s760doll.html|publisher=dvdtalk.com|access-date=12 March 2014}}

Plot

Nora Helmer, the lead character, is married to the authoritarian and controlling Torvald Helmer. The couple have a reasonably happy relationship until past actions and outside forces cause Nora to realise her situation may not be as idyllic as she once thought.

Cast

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