Smiles of a Summer Night
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This article is about the Ingmar Bergman film. For the Desperate Housewives episode, see Smiles of a Summer Night (Desperate Housewives).
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| Directed by | Ingmar Bergman |
| Produced by | Allan Ekelund |
| Written by | Ingmar Bergman |
| Starring | Ulla Jacobsson Eva Dahlbeck Harriet Andersson Margit Carlqvist Gunnar Björnstrand Bibi Andersson |
| Cinematography | Gunnar Fischer |
| Release date(s) | December 26, 1955 |
| Running time | 108 min |
| Language | Swedish |
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Smiles of a Summer Night (Swedish: Sommarnattens leende) is a 1955 film directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was the first to bring the director international success with exposure at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2005 it was one of Time magazine's "100 Movies" list of the best movies of all time.[1]
The film's plot – which involves switching partners on a summer's night – has been echoed many times, notably in the films of Woody Allen, most explicitly in A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy. Bergman's film was made by Stephen Sondheim and Harold Prince into the musical A Little Night Music, which opened on Broadway in 1973.
[edit] Cast
- Ulla Jacobsson - Anne Egerman
- Eva Dahlbeck - Desiree Armfeldt
- Harriet Andersson - Petra
- Margit Carlqvist - Countess Charlotte Malcolm
- Gunnar Björnstrand - Fredrik Egerman
- Jarl Kulle - Count Carl Magnus Malcolm
- Åke Fridell - Frid
- Björn Bjelfvenstam - Henrik Egerman
- Naima Wifstrand - Mrs. Armfeldt
- Jullan Kindahl - Beata
- Gull Natorp - Malla
- Birgitta Valberg - Actress
- Bibi Andersson - Actress
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Smiles of a Summer Night at the Internet Movie Database
- Criterion Collection essay by Pauline Kael
- DVD Review of Smiles Of A Summer Night
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