Wealthy, powerful, revered, sacrificed love for success and was handsomely rewarded. Now, disgraced and destitute after financial scandal and a jail sentence, he paces out each day alone, planning his comeback.
Downstairs
His wife, Gunhild, lives a parallel existence, plotting for their son to restore the family's reputation.
The Arrival of Ella
But with the arrival of Gunhild's twin sister Ella, the woman whose love Borkman gave away, the claustrophobic stasis is shattered once and for all.
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