SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT (CRITERION) (BLU-RAY)

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• Release Year: 1955
• Genre: Comedy, Romance
• Plot: 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 Björnstrand and Harriet Andersson, Smiles of a Summer Night is one of cinema's great erotic comedies.
• Cast: Birgitta Hellerstedt, Svea Holst, Ulf Johansson, Arne Lindblad, Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Lisa Lundholm, Mona Malm, Viveca Heister, John Melin, Gunnar Nielsen, Yngve Nordwall, Josef Norman, Gösta Prüzelius, Georg Skarstedt, Hans Strååt, Lena Söderblom, Börje Mellvig, Einar Söderbäck, Sten Gester, David Erikson, Mille Schmidt, Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Margit Carlqvist, Gunnar Björnstrand, Sigge Fürst, Jarl Kulle, Björn Bjelfvenstam, Naima Wifstrand, Jullan Kindahl, Gull Natorp, Birgitta Valberg, Bibi Andersson, Georg Adelly, Åke Fridell, Anders Wulff, Ingmar Bergman
• Director: Ingmar Bergman
• Runtime: 1:48
• Company: Svensk Filmindustri, The Criterion Collection, AB Svensk Filmindustri, Janus Films
• Media Format: Movie