
Hedda Gabler finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet suffocation of her present life. Over the course of one charged night, long-repressed desires and hidden tensions erupt—pulling her and everyone around her into a spiral of manipulation, passion, and betrayal.
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Tessa Thompson
Hedda Gabler

Nina Hoss
Eileen Lovborg

Imogen Poots
Thea Clifton

Nicholas Pinnock
Judge Roland Brack

Tom Bateman
George Tesman

Finbar Lynch
Professor Greenwood

Mirren Mack
Tabitha Greenwood

Jamael Westman
David

Saffron Hocking
Jane Ji

Kathryn Hunter
Bertie

Michelle Crane
Joan

Sam Hoare
Detective Logan

Stacey Gough
Detective Smith

Mark Oosterveen
Professor Dunbar

Jack Barry
Professor John Henry James

Sonya Orlov
Mrs. Dunbar

Nicholas Bishop
Professor Thompson

Milly Paris
Mrs. Thompson

Jack Sherlock
Jono

Mark de Freitas
Gardener (uncredited)

Simon Neil Hutchinson
Scholar 2 Colleague of George Tesman (uncredited)

Nahna James
(uncredited)

Sophie Oliver Sanchez
Band Singer (uncredited)

Sophie Reed
Drummer (uncredited)

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Official Trailer