Smiles of a Summer Night

Infobox_Film
name = Smiles of a Summer Night


imdb_id = 0048641
writer = Ingmar Bergman
starring = Ulla Jacobsson
Eva Dahlbeck
Harriet Andersson
Margit Carlqvist
Gunnar Björnstrand
Bibi Andersson
director = Ingmar Bergman
producer = Allan Ekelund
cinematography = Gunnar Fischer
distributor =
released = December 26, 1955
runtime = 108 min
language = Swedish
amg_id = 1:45266
budget =

"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. [ [http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/the_complete_list.html "ALL-TIME 100 Movies" list] ]

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.

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

References

External links

*Imdb title | id=0048641 | title=Smiles of a Summer Night
* [http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=237&eid=351&section=essay Criterion Collection essay by Pauline Kael]