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 Smiles of a Summer Night review Product Description
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. Smiles of a Summer Night video 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. Smiles of a Summer Night film 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. ...See Full Description
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Smiles of a Summer Night video Product Details
| CD Universe Part number | 8462373 |
| Studio | Criterion Collection |
| Orig Year | 1955 |
| Catalog number | 2007 |
| Discs | 1 |
| Release Date | May 03, 2011 |
| Rating | Not Rated |
| Also Known As | Sommarnattens leende |
| Running Time | 108 Minutes |
| Movie Details | B&W; Criterion Collection |
Smiles of a Summer Night DVD Features
Blu-ray Disc Features:
Note: Video Introduction to the Film by Director Ingmar Bergman
Video Conversation between Bergman scholar Peter Cowie and Writer Jörn Donner, Executive Producer Of Fanny and Alexander
Original Theatrical Trailer
Plus: a Booklet featuring an Essay by Theater and Film Critic John Simon and a 1961 review by Film Critic Pauline Kael
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Subtitles - English
Swedish
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