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Summary:

Marie is an accomplished ballet dancer haunted by her tragic youthful affair with a shy, handsome student. Her memories of the rocky shores of Stockholm's outer archipelago mingle with scenes from her gloomy present, most of them set in the dark backstage environs of the theater where she works.

Contributors:

Bergman, Ingmar, 1918-2007 , film director, screenwriter

Grevenius, Herbert, 1901-1993 , screenwriter

Ekelund, Allan , film producer

Nilsson, Maj-Britt, 1924-2006 , actor

Malmsten, Birger, 1920-1991 , actor

Kjellin, Alf, 1920-1988 , actor

Ericson, Annalisa , actor

Funkquist, Georg , actor

Olin, Stig , actor

Pollak, Mimi, 1903-1999 , actor

Björling, Renée , actor

Olsson, Gunnar, 1904-1983 , actor

Fischer, Gunnar, 1910-2011 , director of photography

Svenwall, Nils, 1918-2005 , production designer

Nordgren, Erik , composer

Rosander, Oscar , editor of moving image work

Cowie, Peter , writer of added text

Janus Films

Svensk filmindustri

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Languages:

Swedish
English

Language Notes:

In Swedish, with optional subtitles in English.

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 613

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: Summer interlude
Title on container: Ingmar Bergman's Summer interlude

Subjects:

Ballet dancers — Sweden — Drama

Summer romance — Drama

Interpersonal relations — Drama

Death — Drama

Ballet dancers

Summer romance

Interpersonal relations

Death

Sweden

Genres:

Motion pictures

Feature films

Melodramas (Motion pictures)

Drama

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, fullscreen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.

Performers:

Cast: Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten, Alf Kjellin, Annalisa Ericson, Georg Funkquist, Stig Olin, Mimi Pollak, Renée Björling, Gunnar Olsson.

Production Credits:

Cinematography, Gunnar Fischer ; production designer, Nils Svenwall ; music, Erik Nordgren ; editor, Oscar Rosander.

General Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951.
Booklet includes an essay by film scholar Peter Cowie.
Educational and home use only.

Audience:

Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; Dolby digital mono

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

SOM 1951 DVD

ISBNs:

9781604655919
1604655917
9786314655716
6314655714

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515095815
Publisher Number, Criterion: CC2149D

OCLC Numbers:

792892282