Hedda Gabler (2016 film) Hedda Gabler (2016 film) Hedda Gabler is a film based on the Victorian period drama Hedda Gabler, written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. One of many film adaptations of this play, the 2014 film "Hedda Gabler" was produced, adapted and directed by Matthew John. "Hedda Gabler" is an example of realism in nineteenth century play writing, and is one of the world's best known and most performed dramas. The film was shot at Maunsel House. The movie premiered at the Vika Cinema, Oslo on 8 September 2016 to open the Ibsen International Festivalen. A press launch at the Henrik Ibsen
Peer Gynt the Button Molder. In 1951, John Garfield fulfilled his wish to star in a Broadway production, featuring Mildred Dunnock as Åse. Sadly, this production was not a success, and is said by some to have contributed to Garfield's death at age 39. On film, years before he became a superstar, the seventeen-year-old Charlton Heston starred as Peer in a silent, student-made, low-budget film version of the play produced in 1941. "Peer Gynt", however, has never been given a full-blown treatment as a sound film in English on the motion picture screen, although there have been several television productions, and a