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Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)

★ 7.7Not Rated108 minDirector: Ingmar Bergman

1955 film by Ingmar Bergman

Smiles of a Summer Night (Swedish: Sommarnattens leende) is a 1955 Swedish period comedy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was shown at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, Time magazine ranked it as one of the 100 greatest films since 1923.

The film's plot—which involves some couples who switch partners on a summer night—has been adapted many times, particularly as the theatrical musical A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler and Harold Prince, which opened on Broadway in 1973, and as Woody Allen's film A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982).

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Smiles of a Summer Night about?
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) — It's late nineteenth century Sweden. Middle aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his nineteen year old current wife Anne Egerman's two-year marriage has not yet been consummated. Fredrik wants to give Anne as much time as she needs to feel comfortable before losing her virginity. Alth
Is Smiles of a Summer Night based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Smiles of a Summer Night scary?
Content rating: Not Rated. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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