Word: krogstad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they lived unhappily ever after. It was psychoanalysts for both and not a laugh in between. "The Rockefellers are not funloving," recalls Anne-Marie, who divorced Steven in 1970. "Their idea of a good time is a serious discussion." Now 36 and divorced from her second husband, Businessman Robert Krogstad, Anne-Marie lives with her three Rockefeller children in New York's Westchester County. She has become tough-minded about her ten-year sojourn among one of the country's richest families. Said she last week: "Steven wanted a simple country girl and found himself with someone more...
...clumsy contemporary asides about the injustices heaped on women. It has the vigor and passion of commitment, however, and the cast is superb. Trevor Howard's Dr. Rank is gruffly tender; Delphine Seyrig's Kristine, a woman of tentative but dependable dignity; and Edward Fox's Krogstad, a figure of understandable desperation. David Warner makes Torvald into a complex, insidious but always human figure. It is a performance of the foremost skill and intelligence, and includes a quick moment-when, with meticulous condescension, he mimics Nora sewing-that is worth a gross of pamphlets and essays...
...Between), a sympathizer with the feminist cause. Shoot it on location in the Christmas-card setting of Røros, Norway, and bring in such supporting players as David Warner (Nora's husband, Torvald), Trevor Howard (Torvald's friend, Dr. Rank), Edward Fox (the blackmailer, Krogstad) and France's Delphine Seyrig (Nora's girlhood companion, Kristine). Terrific, right? Says Losey: "I hated every bloody minute of it." TIME's Jesse Birnbaum, who was on hand for some of the action, explains...
Jane also implied that the adaptation had been written by a misogynist. Torvald, Rank and Krogstad-all the men-had been portrayed much too sympathetically. The script failed to reflect a true understanding of women, especially their relationship with one another as expressed in the scenes between Nora and Kristine. Jane devoted long hours to working out these scenes with Delphine. So much did the two women kiss and touch each other before the camera that Director Losey had to complain about the unwarranted intrusion of lesbianism into the story...