Smiles of a Summer Night

Smiles of a Summer Night

  • Director: Ingmar Bergman
  • Countries of origin: Sweden
  • Language: Swedish
  • Release date: December 23, 1957
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: Das Lächeln einer Sommernacht
  • "Sommarnattens leende" is a romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Ingmar Bergman and starring Gunnar Björnstrand , Ulla Jacobsson , Eva Dalbeck and Björn Bijeffwenstam. It was released in Sweden on December 26, 1955.
    The film tells the story of father and son Frederick and Henrik, who have been tossing between different women, and the two finally belong to each other at a weekend party   .

    Details

    • Release date December 23, 1957
    • Filming locations Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden
    • Production companies Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

    Box office

    Gross worldwide

    $11,329

    Movie reviews

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    • By Ashley 2022-03-15 08:01:01

      romantic comedy

      This is an early romantic comedy from director Ingmar Bergman. In a small town in Sweden in 1901, lawyer Frederick married a young wife named Anne, who was only eighteen years old and could be his youngest daughter. He loved this little woman and was fascinated all day long, but he couldn't control her. He and his ex-wife's son Henrik is a handsome 19-year-old boy, and his emotional balance is hesitant between his stepmother and maid of the same age, so the marriage of the old man and the young...

    • By Lois 2022-03-15 08:01:01

      "Summer Night's Smile": Bergman's Lucky Work

      Among the works of Swedish film master Bergman, "Smile on a Summer Night" (1955) is only a medium-level work, and it is difficult to compare with "The Seventh Seal" (1957), "Wild Strawberries" (1957), "The Virgin" Fountain (1960), Married Life (1973), Autumn Sonata (1978), Fanny and Alexander (1982) and other classics. However, "Smile on a Summer Night" was a turning point in Bergman's film career. Without the great success of this work, Bergman's later creations might not have appeared. It...

    • By Elaina 2022-03-15 08:01:01

      "No" and "Very" Bergman

      Yesterday I went to the Bergman Film Festival and saw a lot of acquaintances:
      Ma Qingpi and Mr. Hai, who had an appointment together, needless to say,
      I saw Yuan Quan by accident, and I was very pleasantly surprised. I saw my other female partner in the long queue in the women's toilet.
      At the end of the show, I saw my female leader and Li Qiang.
      Although the golden age of cinema has passed and the great masters have fallen,
      Bergman is still a very magical name.
      In...

    • By Westley 2022-03-15 08:01:01

      a discussion about love

      I didn't expect a heavy like Ingmar Bergman to tell a story in a comedic way, and to be able to tell it so successfully. But I don't think that because this is a so-called comedy film, the connotation of the film is much less. The background color of the film is still Bergman's sympathetic feelings.
        Egerman can be said to be the protagonist of this movie, and all the clues of the story are unfolded by him. Egerman is a person who plays the world and pursues pleasure. He does have all the...

    • By Icie 2022-03-15 08:01:01

      summer night smile

      Before watching this year's festival, I had only seen The Seventh Seal of Bergman's film. In July 2007, Antonioni, Bergman and Yang Dechang passed away one after another, known as the Black July in the film industry. I have seen a lot of Antonioni's films before, and I thought, when will I have the opportunity to see Bergman's films on the big screen? Two years later, the Bergman Film Festival fulfilled my wish.

      Smile on a Summer Night is one of Bergman's early works, and the film won...

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    • By Domenica 2023-06-25 22:09:40

      In the third smile of the summer night, every love has a happy ending, but at the same time, "luck has ended, and misfortune is about to...

    • By Garrick 2023-06-10 10:57:01

      Bergman movies are so...

    • By Anais 2023-02-06 03:15:43

      The elements of love include: heart words, body love is a kind of trap to some extent, and the undercurrent is turbulent to make people sink. If Bergman is Woody Allen's master, then Shakespeare's light comedy is Bergman's master Thanks to the blue whale...

    • By Alessia 2022-12-03 01:00:17

      "At that time, Bergman thought, either commit suicide or make a comedy, so Xia Ye's smile was born." In today's view, it is also sincere and interesting, mixed with ridicule of empty and useless morality, and the love of the lower classes. Caring, obsession with Oedipus complex... I like the part where my son hangs the most, I accidentally triggered the switch to send my lover, so I picked up life and love, and reflected the director's values ​​in a natural and interesting...

    • By Sherwood 2022-11-21 09:08:03

      The old man chatted about juvenile madness, left loli and right aunt. The son wants to start, and the old man comes to round the room. Heartbroken and dead, the single room becomes a double room. The night is long and the night is long, how can pear blossoms overwhelm...

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    "Sommarnattens leende" is a comedy with a very strong stage flavor, and it is quite interesting to look at the film against the literary script written by the director Ernst Ingmar Bergman himself. In order to maintain the compactness of the plot, the director deleted or reorganized some descriptive paragraphs and chose a more concise and clear expression, thus making the film more inclined to the form of traditional light comedy...
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    Movie quotes

    • Mrs. Armfeldt: Beware of good deeds. They cost far too much and leave a nasty smell.

    • Mrs. Armfeldt: Your children are very beautiful, especially the young girl.

      Fredrik Egerman: The young girl is my wife, Mrs Armfeldt.

      Mrs. Armfeldt: I believe you lead a very strenuous life, Mr Egerman.

    • Mrs. Armfeldt: If people knew the evil caused by listening to others, they would not care about listening and would be far happier.