Hedda Gabler, a deceased General's daughter, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of middle-class tedium stretching ahead when they return from honeymoon. Increasingly, she is drawn into the clutches of her admirer, Judge Brack, who seeks to establish a ménage à trois. Then a former flame arrives in the brilliant but dissolute Eilert Lovborg to rival her husband for an academic post. Thi...