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Smiles of a Summer Night
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Synopsis
Bergman's comic masterpiece opens with middle-aged lawyer Frederik Egerman (Gunnar Bjornstrand) again failing to consummate his marriage with the much younger Anne (Ulla Jacobsson). While visiting a former lover, actress Desiree Armfeldt (Eva Dahlbeck), he crosses swords with her current lover, Count Malcolm (Jarl Kulle), after both men learn that Frederik is the father of her illegitimate child. At Desiree's behest, her mother invites Egerman, the Count, and their wives along with Egerman's grown son, Henrik (Björn Bjelvenstam) to her manor house for the weekend. Before their departure, divinity student Henrik wards off the eager advances of the housemaid by reading from the Bible aloud, but it seems clear that he and Anne are quite taken with one another. After arriving at the Ryarp estate the guests are served a dinner spiked with a love potion which provokes swift reactions. The bewildered Frederik becomes aware of the increasingly intense bond between Henrik and Anne, and the Countess (Margit Carlquist) makes a public bet with her husband that she can seduce Frederik. Shocked by the dinner-table conversation, the strait-laced Henrik retires to his room to commit suicide. In the course of his bumbling attempt, he has the good fortune to learn why so many prefer sex to death. ~ Michael Costello, All Movie Guide

Cast

Harriet Andersson Petra, the maid
Gunnar Björnstrand Fredrik Egerman
Margit Carlquist Charlotte Malcolm
Eva Dahlbeck Desirée Armfeldt
Åke Fridell Frid, the groom
Ulla Jacobsson Anne Egerman
Jarl Kulle Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm

Production Crew

P.A. Lundgren Art Director
Gunnar Fischer Cinematographer
Eric Nordgren Composer (Music Score)
Mago Costume Designer
Ingmar Bergman Director
Oscar Rosander Editor
Carl M. Lundh Makeup
Allan Ekelund Producer
Ingmar Bergman Screenwriter
Year: 1955
Runtime: 110
Country: Sweden
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy

Produced by
Swedish Film Production

Awards
1956 - Best British Film - British Academy Awards
1956 - International Poetic Humor Prize - Cannes International Film Festival
1956 - International Poetic Humor Prize - Cannes Film Festival
1956 - Best British Film - British Academy Awards