Sommaren med Monika (1953)

Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Writers:

Per Anders Fogelström (novel)
Per Anders Fogelström (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 February 1953 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A Picture for Wide Screens and Broad Minds

Plot:

Harry Lund is a nineteen years old young man who meets Monika, a romantic, reckless and rebel seventeen...

Plot Keywords:

Summer | Love | Archipelago | Island | Female Nudity

Cast

Harriet Andersson	...	Monika
Lars Ekborg	...	Harry
Dagmar Ebbesen	...	Harry's aunt
Åke Fridell	...	Monika's father
Naemi Briese	...	Monika's mother
Åke Grönberg	...	Harry's friend at work
Sigge Fürst	...	Porcelain warehouse worker
John Harryson	...	Lelle
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gert Fylking	...	The Boy - statist

Also Known As:

Monika, the Story of a Bad Girl (USA)
Summer with Monika
Mônica E o Desejo (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Monika et le désir (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]
Un verano con Mónica (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Die Zeit mit Monika (West Germany) [de]
Een zomer met Monika (Netherlands) [nl]
Kalokairi me tin Monika (Greece) [el]
Kesä Monikan kanssa (Finland) [fi]
Monica e il desiderio (Italy) [it]
Monika (France) [fr]
Monika en de begeerte (Belgium: Flemish title) [un]
Rausch der Liebe (Austria) [de]
Sommeren med Monika (Denmark) [da]
Un été avec Monika (Belgium: French title) [fr]
Wakacje z Monika (Poland) [pl]

Runtime:

96 min | USA:62 min (re-edited version)

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:16 | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) (cut) | UK:PG (video rating) (1994)

Filming Locations:

Ornö, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company:

Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Trivia:

The film's then ground-breaking nudity led to its American distributor snapping up the film sight unseen and marketing it along the lines of a Russ Meyer picture. It remains the most widely seen Ingmar Bergman film in the US.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Sommaren med Göran - En midsommarnattskomedi (2009)

Soundtrack:

IN MY DREAM GARDEN

Turning Point in Bergman's Life

A sad tale of two lovers who meet in a high emotional state and break up because the lady, Monika becomes bored with the relationship. About the highs and lows of love. Very beautiful in depicting the relationship between Harry and Monika. Its easy to sympathize with Harry because no matter how hard he tries to make Monika happy he always seems to fail. It was during the filming of this movie that Ingmar Bergman left his wife for the actress, Harriet Andersson(an act which he would regret and influence him for the rest of his career). This act would greatly influence Wild Strawberries(1957), Persona(1966), The Touch(1971), Cries & Whispers(1972), and would inspire the Liv Ullman film, Faithless. The director delivers a film of powerful emotions and raw feelings. Harriet Andersson is magnificent as the title character. Sommaren Med Monika/Monika(1953) is the first of many great motion pictures for the legendary filmmaker and visual poet, Ingmar Bergman.