The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Brand's a bleak and desolate play that challenges the notion of a stern and stoic faith in the will of God. The title character is a pastor who returns to his ancestral home to find the villagers on the verge of starvation. He believes ministering to these poor people to be his calling. Over the course of the play, however, he faces many difficult choices. The decisions he makes, based on his stark and idealistic view of morality, have dire consequences for all the people he touches and, ultimately, for his own embattled soul.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Henrik IbsenWriter
- Michael ElliottDirector
Cast
- Patrick McGoohanBrand
- Dilys HamlettAgnes
- James MaxwellEjnar
- Patrick WymarkMayor
- Peter SallisDoctor & Provost
- Olive McFarlandGerd
- Enid LorimerBrand's Mother
- Fulton MackayVillager
- Joby BlanshardGuide
- William McLaughlinGuide's son
- June BaileyWoman from the Headland
- Anita GiorgiGypsy woman