Smiles of a Summer Night
Smiles of a Summer Night is a 1955 Swedish period comedy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was shown at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, Time magazine ranked it as one of the 100 greatest films since 1923.
Plot
The film takes place in Sweden around the turn of the twentieth century. Fredrik Egerman is a middle-aged lawyer married to a 19-year-old beauty, Anne. Their two-year marriage is still unconsummated, due to Anne's reluctance. Egerman has a son, Henrik, from his marriage to his late first wife. Henrik is in his early twenties and is studying to be a minister but is currently tormented by his love for his step-mother, who secretly loves him in return. Henrik is distracting himself from his urges by attempting an inconclusive affair with Egerman's lusty young servant, Petra.
Cast
- Åke Fridell
- Bibi Andersson
- Birgitta Valberg
- Björn Bjelfvenstam
- Börje Mellvig
- Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt
- Eva Dahlbeck
- Georg Skarstedt
- Gull Natorp
- Gunnar Björnstrand
- Gunnar Nielsen
- Hans Strååt
- Harriet Andersson
- Jarl Kulle
- Jullan Kindahl
- Margit Carlqvist
- Mille Schmidt
- Mona Malm
- Naima Wifstrand
- Sigge Fürst
- Ulla Jacobsson
More details
| author | Ingmar Bergman |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Sweden |
| director | Ingmar Bergman |
| editor | Oscar Rosander |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | army officer country house first wife learn load married midsummer midsummer night new love old friend one night russian roulette second wife stage actress |
| musicBy | Erik Nordgren |
| producer | Allan Ekelund |
| publisher | Svensk Filmindustri |