Hjalmar Ekdal's father was rich until scandal cast the family into poverty. Now he lives in a small, shabby home with his senile father, his wife Gina and his daughter Hedvig.
Is "Das Haus der Lüge" worth watching today? Short answer: yes, absolutely, but with significant caveats that demand a particular kind of viewer. This silent film, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's enduring drama "The Wild Duck," offers a profound, if often bleak, exploration of truth, illusion,...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Lupu Pick
Edgar Jones
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"Is "Das Haus der Lüge" worth watching today? Short answer: yes, absolutely, but with significant caveats that demand a particular kind of viewer. This silent film, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's enduring drama "The Wild Duck," offers a profound, if often bleak, exploration of truth, illusion,..."
Fanny Carlsen, Lupu Pick, Henrik Ibsen
Germany
