Summer Interlude (Sommarlek) (1951)

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Directed by

Ingmar Bergman

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Maj-Britt Nilsson
Marie

Birger Malmsten
Henrik

Alf Kjellin
David Nyström

Annalisa Ericson
Kaj, ballet dancer

Stig Olin
Ballet Master

Mimi Pollak
Mrs. Calwagen, Henrik's aunt

Renée Björling
Aunt Elisabeth

Sten Mattsson
Sailor on the boat

Written by

Ingmar Bergman

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3 years, 9 months ago at Aug 9 14:36

fernando

(OK) A Bergman of anticipation, this is a sad fatalist summer with warm touches (2 years after "A summer with Monika" was another kind of season) and strong mature monologues by the heroine taht matures a los from the startpoint.

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Description: Touching on many of the themes that would define the rest of his career—isolation, performance, the inescapability of the past— Ingmar Bergman’s tenth film was a gentle drift toward true mastery. Maj-Britt Nilsson beguiles as an accomplished ballet dancer haunted by her tragic youthful affair with a shy, handsome student (Birger Malmsten). Her memories of the sunny, rocky shores of Stockholm’s outer archipelago mingle with scenes from her gloomy present at the theater where she performs. A film that the director considered a creative turning point, Summer Interlude is a reverie about life and death that unites Bergman’ ... (more)

Release date: 26 October 1954

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fernando posted a review 3 years, 9 months ago

“(OK) A Bergman of anticipation, this is a sad fatalist summer with warm touches (2 years after "A summer with Monika" was another kind of season) and strong mature monologues by the heroine taht matures a los from the startpoint.” read more