If you climb, you risk falling. For master builder Solness, this is doubly true. He had started out as a clerk in an architect's office, but soon got his own commissions and pushed his boss more and more to the side. Marrying a wealthy woman and her stately possessions came in handy for him. When the house he inherited fell victim to a fire, he subdivided the site and placed single-family homes on it. His boss became his employee, as did his son, and finally he made his fiancee his accountant. She adores him, which he only uses to keep the family dependent. Solness is considered a happy person. But he is driven by fear and feelings of guilt.
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Gert Voss
Baumeister Halvard Solness
Known for
Labyrinth of Lies
Dorothee Hartinger
Hilde Wangel
Known for
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
Urs Hefti
Doktor Herdal
Also in
Marmorera
Late Show
Markus Gertken
Ragnar Brovik
Known for
You Are Wanted
The Romanoffs
Kirsten Dene
Aline Solness
Also in
Kolossale Liebe
Jenseits von Federn
Sabine Haupt
Kaja Fosli
Also in
Scene of the Crime
Vienna Crime Squad
Branko Samarovski
Knut Brovik
Known for
Perfume
North Face
Thomas Ostermeier Director · Henrik Ibsen Writer Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel Writer
First release October 2, 2004
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ORF
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German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Austria · October 2, 2004
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No release date listed for United States.
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