A titan of industry faces his own mortality and the haunting presence of a youthful promise he failed to keep. Halvard Solness has built his career on the ruins of others, but a mysterious visitor forces him to face the "trolls" within his own soul. This symbolic drama explores the dizzying heights of ambition and the crushing fear of being overtaken by the next generation. It is a powerful, vertigo-inducing look at the ego’s final stand.