Smiles Of A Summer Night [Criterion] (BLU)
Ingmar Bergman
Amoeba Review
Black & White, in Swedish with English subtitles.
After fifteen films that received mostly local acclaim, the 1955 comedy Smiles Of A Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende) at last ushered in an international audience for Ingmar Bergman. In turn-of-the-century Sweden, four men and four women of different classes attempt to navigate the laws of attraction. During a weekend in the country, the women collude to force the men's hands in matters of the heart, exposing their pretensions and insecurities along the way. Chock-full of flirtatious propositions and sharp witticisms delivered by such Swedish screen legends as Gunnar Bjornstrand and Harriet Andersson, Smiles Of A Summer Night is one of cinema's great erotic comedies.
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- Starring: Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Margit Carlquist, Gunnar Bjornstrand
- Format: DVD, NTSC
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: The Criterion Collection
- Release Date: 05/03/2011
- Run Time: 108 minutes
- Catalogue #: 237
Special Features
- Video introduction to the film by director Ingmar Bergman
- Video introduction to the film by director Ingmar Bergman Video conversation between Bergman scholar Peter Cowie and writer Jorn Donner, executive producer of Fanny And Alexander
- Booklet featuring an essay by theater and film critic John Simon and a 1961 review by film critic Pauline Kael




