A Doll's House is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Charles Brant and produced and starred by Alla Nazimova. The film was released on Feb. 12, 1922, and was 7 reels. This film is for now considered lost. This is the fourth silent film based on the 1879 play A Doll's House. It's a slightly modernized (for the time) version of the story.
CAST:
- Alan Hale as Torvald Helmer
- Alla Nazimova as Nora Helmer
- Nigel De Brulier as Dr. Rank
- Elinor Oliver as Anna
- Wedgwood Nowell as Nils Krogstad
- Clara Lee as Ellen
- Florence Fisher as Mrs. Linden
- Philippe De Lacy as Ivar
- Barbara Maier as Emmy
PLOT:
Torvald Helmer is sick and is ordered by his physician Dr. Rank to go to southern clime. His wife, Nora, would forge her father's name on a banknote to raise money to save Torvald. Six years later, she has one payment left on the note. This is when Nils Krogstad threatens to expose Nora's crime if she doesn't help prevent her husband from firing him from the bank. Nora would beg Torvald to keep Nils job. Torvald would find out the reason for her wanting him to stay and accuse Nora. Nils would then return Nora's note as paid and Torvald is overjoyed because his reputation was saved. He would agree to overlook the past, but Nora decides to leave him and the children. She has to live for herself, and while she walks out into the storm she declares that it is "The end and the beginning."
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