One Summer of Happiness

One Summer of Happiness
Directed by	Arne Mattsson
Written by	Volodja Semitjov
Starring	Folke Sundquist Ulla Jacobsson
Release date(s)	17 December 1951 21 March 1955 (NYC only)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

One Summer of Happiness (Swedish: Hon dansade en sommar) is a 1951 Swedish film based on the novel Sommardansen by Per Olof Ekström. It tells the story of teenage lovers who meet on a farm. It caused controversy upon its original release due to the presence of a nude swimming sequence.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

Folke Sundquist and Ulla Jacobsson

• Ulla Jacobsson - Kerstin
• Folke Sundquist - Göran
• Edvin Adolphson - Anders Persson
• Irma Christenson - Sigrid
• John Elfström - The Vicar
• Nils Hallberg - Nisse
• Gunvor Pontén - Sylvia
• Berta Hall - Anna

Awards

Won

• 2nd Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear^[1]
• 1952 Cannes Film Festival - Best Music.^[2]

Nominated

• 1952 Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or^[2]

References

1. ^ "2nd Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1952/03_preistr_ger_1952/03_Preistraeger_1952.html. Retrieved 2009-12-22. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Festival de Cannes: One Summer of Happiness". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4038/year/1952.html. Retrieved 2009-01-17. 

External links

• Hon dansade en sommar at the Internet Movie Database
• Hon dansade en sommar at the Swedish Film Database
• One Summer of Happiness is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]