Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
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Plot.
Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. To make matters worse, Fredrik's old flame Desiree makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat where four couples convene, swapping partners and pairing off in unexpected ways.
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Cast & Crew.
Gunnar Björnstrand
Fredrik Egerman
Ulla Jacobsson
Anne Egerman
Eva Dahlbeck
Desirée Armfeldt
Harriet Andersson
Petra
Margit Carlqvist
Countess Charlotte Malcolm
Jarl Kulle
Count Carl Magnus Malcolm
Åke Fridell
Frid
Björn Bjelfvenstam
Henrik Egerman
Naima Wifstrand
Desirée's Mother
Jullan Kindahl
Beata
Gull Natorp
Malla
Birgitta Valberg
Actress
Bibi Andersson
Actress
Gunnar Nielsen
Niklas (uncredited)
Gösta Prüzelius
Manservant (uncredited)
Svea Holst
Dresser (uncredited)
Mona Malm
Maid (uncredited)
Lena Söderblom
Maid (uncredited)
Josef Norman
Guest (uncredited)
Yngve Nordwall
Ferdinand (uncredited)
Hans Strååt
Adolf Almgren (uncredited)
Lisa Lundholm
Mrs. Almgren (uncredited)
Börje Mellvig
Clerk (uncredited)
David Erikson
Tobacconist (uncredited)
Arne Lindblad
Actor (uncredited)
Einar Söderbäck
Stagehand (uncredited)
Sten Gester
Servant (uncredited)
Mille Schmidt
Servant (uncredited)
John Melin
Butler (uncredited)
Ulf Johansson
Legal Clerk (uncredited)
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt
Legal Clerk (uncredited)
Anders Wulff
Fredrik (uncredited)
Viveca Heister
(uncredited)
Birgitta Hellerstedt
(uncredited)
Allan Ekelund
Producer
Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay / Director
Erik Nordgren
Original Music Composer
Gunnar Fischer
Director of Photography
Oscar Rosander
Editor
Eskil Eckert-Lundin
Conductor
Gustav Roger
Unit Manager
Louis Huch
Still Photographer
Lennart Wallin
Sound
Lennart Olsson
First Assistant Director
Per-Olof Pettersson
Sound
P.A. Lundgren
Production Design
Åke Nilsson
Assistant Camera
Mago
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 26, 1955
Original NameSommarnattens leende
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 49m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
country house
ex-lover
lawyer
mistress
extramarital affair
early 1900s
unconsummated marriage
Wiki.
Smiles of a Summer Night (Swedish: Sommarnattens leende) is a 1955 Swedish 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.
The film's plot—which involves some couples who switch partners on a summer night—has been adapted many times, particularly as the theatrical musical A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler and Harold Prince, which opened on Broadway in 1973, and as Woody Allen's film A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982).
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