Smiles of a Summer Night
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After fifteen films that received mostly local acclaim, the comedy Smiles of a Summer Night at last ushered in an international audience for Ingmar Bergman. In turn-of-the-century Sweden, four men and four women attempt to navigate the laws of attraction. During a weekend in the country, the women collude to force the men’s hands in matters of the heart, exposing their pretensions and insecurities along the way. Chock-full of flirtatious propositions and sharp witticisms delivered by such Swedish screen legends as Gunnar Björnstrand and Harriet Andersson, Smiles of a Summer Night is one of cinema’s great erotic comedies.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- New video introduction to the film by director Ingmar Bergman
- New video conversation between Bergman scholar Peter Cowie and writer Jörn Donner, executive producer of Fanny and Alexander
- Original theatrical trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by theater and film critic John Simon and a 1961 review by film critic Pauline Kael
New cover by Eric Skillman
Collector's Sets
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- New video introduction to the film by director Ingmar Bergman
- New video conversation between Bergman scholar Peter Cowie and writer Jörn Donner, executive producer of Fanny and Alexander
- Original theatrical trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by theater and film critic John Simon and a 1961 review by film critic Pauline Kael
New cover by Eric Skillman
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Cast
- Ulla Jacobsson
- Anne Egerman
- Eva Dahlbeck
- Desirée Armfeldt
- Harriet Andersson
- Petra, the maid
- Margit Carlqvist
- Charlotte Malcolm
- Gunnar Björnstrand
- Fredrik Egerman
- Jarl Kulle
- Carl-Magnus Malcolm
- Åke Fridell
- Frid, the groom
- Björn Bjelfvenstam
- Henrik Egerman
- Naima Wifstrand
- Mrs. Armfeldt
- Jullan Kindahl
- Beata, the cook
- Gull Natorp
- Malla
- Bibi Andersson
- Actresses in play
- Birgitta Valberg
- Actresses in play
Credits
- Director
- Ingmar Bergman
- Screenplay
- Ingmar Bergman
- Cinematography
- Gunnar Fischer
- Editing
- Oscar Rosander
- Assistant director
- Lennart Olsson
- Production manager
- Allan Ekelund
- Original music
- Erik Nordgren
- Conductor
- Eskil Eckert-Lundin
- Sound
- P. O. Pettersson
- Production design
- P. A. Lundgren
- Costume design
- Mago
- Makeup
- Carl M. Lundh
- Supervisor
- Gustav Roger
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