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Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) | User Rating
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Original title: Sommarnattens leende
DVD Release Date
• R1: May 25, 2004
Running Time
1 hour, 48 minutes
Country Sweden
Studio Swedish Film Production
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Other Titles
• Smiles of a Summer Night (1957)
• Sommarnattens leende (1955)
• Das Lächeln einer Sommernacht (1955)
• Sorrisi di una notte d'estate (1955)
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Genre: Romance, Comedy, Infidelity, Racy, Law, Love
Tagline: A Sexy Frolic About the Sport of Love
Plot: This romantic comedy, written and directed by Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, was inspired in part by Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and later became the basis for both the musical A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and Woody Allen's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY. The principal events take place at a turn-of-the-century manor house where Desirée Armfeldt (Eva Dahlbeck), an actress, and her aging mother are giving a party. Two of the invited guests--Count Malcolm (Jarl Kulle) and Fredrik Egerman (Gunnar Björnstrand), a middle-aged lawyer--are romantically involved with Desirée, a cause for murderous jealousy between the two. Meanwhile, Egerman's youthful wife, Anne (Ulla Jacobsson), who has thus far repulsed all sexual advances on her husband's part, is showing a considerable interest in her stepson (Björn Bjelvenstam)...During the course of the evening, various alliances are formed and dissolved, partners are switched, and all the guests take part in the resulting erotic escapades and intrigue--but in the end, everyone finds their true love. This is lighter, airier fare from a director often associated with existential angst and despair; nevertheless, Bergman's spicy, sophisticated movie received rave reviews and earned him widespread critical acclaim.
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Related Movies:
- version of Little Night Music, A (1990)
- Little Night Music, A (1977) [version]
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Ingmar Bergman
The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Fanny and Alexander |
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Erik Nordgren
The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, The Virgin Spring |
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