Smiles of a Summer Night
By May 24, 2004
Late in 1955 Ingmar Bergman made a nearly perfect work—the exquisite carnal comedy Smiles of a Summer Night. It was the distillation of elements he had worked with for Read more »
SYNOPSIS: After fifteen films of mostly local acclaim, the 1956 prize-winning comedy Smiles of a Summer Night at last ushered in an international audience for director Ingmar Bergman. Set in turn-of-the-century Sweden, four women and four men attempt to juggle the laws of attraction amidst their daily bourgeois life. When a weekend in the country brings them all face to face, the women ally to force the men’s hands in their matters of the heart, exposing their pretensions and insecurities along the way. Chock full of flirtatious propositions and sharp-witted wisdom delivered by such legends of the Swedish screen as Gunnar Björnstrand, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, and Ulla Jacobsson, Smiles of a Summer Night is one of film history’s great tragicomedies, a bittersweet view of the transience of human carnality.
| Anne Egerman | Ulla Jacobsson |
| Desirée Armfeldt | Eva Dahlbeck |
| Petra, the maid | Harriet Andersson |
| Charlotte Malcolm | Margit Carlquist |
| Fredrik Egerman | Gunnar Bjornstrand |
| Carl-Magnus Malcolm | Jarl Kulle |
| Frid, the groom | Ake Fridell |
| Henrik Egerman | Björn Bjelvenstam |
| Mrs. Armfeldt | Naima Wifstrand |
| Beata, the cook | Jullan Kindahl |
| Malla | Gull Natorp |
| Actresses in play | Bibi Andersson |
| Actresses in play | Birgitta Valberg |
| Director | Ingmar Bergman |
| Screenplay | Ingmar Bergman |
| Cinematography | Gunnar Fischer |
| Assistant director | Lennart Olsson |
| Production manager | Allan Ekelund |
| Original music | Erik Nordgren |
| Conductor | Eskil Eckert-Lundin |
| Editing | Oskar Rosander |
| Sound | P.O. Pettersson |
| Production design | P.A. Lundgren |
| Costume design | Mago |
| Makeup | Carl M. Lundh |
| Supervisor | Gustav Roger |
By May 24, 2004
Late in 1955 Ingmar Bergman made a nearly perfect work—the exquisite carnal comedy Smiles of a Summer Night. It was the distillation of elements he had worked with for Read more »