Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) - (The Criterion Collection - #237) [DVD9] [2004]

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 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.







MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Ingmar Bergman
COUNTRY: Sweden
YEAR: 1955

Cast & Credits

Cast
Anne Egerman Ulla Jacobsson
Desirée Armfeldt Eva Dahlbeck
Petra, the maid Harriet Andersson
Charlotte Malcolm Margit Carlqvist
Fredrik Egerman Gunnar Bjornstrand
Carl-Magnus Malcolm Jarl Kulle
Frid, the groom Ake Fridell
Henrik Egerman Björn Bjelvenstam
Mrs. Armfeldt Naima Wifstrand
Beata, the cook Jullan Kindahl
Malla Gull Natorp
Actresses in play Bibi Andersson
Actresses in play Birgitta Valberg


Credits
Director Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay Ingmar Bergman
Cinematography Gunnar Fischer
Editing Oskar Rosander
Assistant director Lennart Olsson
Production manager Allan Ekelund
Original music Erik Nordgren
Conductor Eskil Eckert-Lundin
Sound P. O. Pettersson
Production design P. A. Lundgren
Costume design Mago
Makeup Carl M. Lundh
Supervisor Gustav Roger






DVD:
DVD RELEASE: May 25, 2004
STUDIO: Criterion
CATALOG: 237
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.33:1
BLACK & WHITE
AUDIO: Swedish Dolby Digital Mono
SUBTITLES: English
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 108 minutes


EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Decrypter
DVD: 1 Full Dual-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: Image (.ISO) + MDS file
FILE SIZE: 7.52 GB


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Disc Features

* Digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* 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