Hedda (1975)

Returning from her honeymoon with her husband scholar Jorgen the cold and manipulative Hedda Gabler is unmoved by the sacrifices hes made to provide her with an elegant home But when she learns that Jorgens rival for a university position Ejlert has made a surprising comeback with a recent publication shes quick to push him back into his former alcoholism steal the sequel to his book and even encourage the writer to kill himself