Sommaren med Monika (1953)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Writers:

Per Anders Fogelström (novel)
Per Anders Fogelström (screenplay)
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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
Harry Ahlin	...	House owner (uncredited)
Anders Andelius	...	Monika's escort (uncredited)
Wiktor Andersson	...	Beer drinker (uncredited)
Mona Åstrand	...	Girl (uncredited)
Renée Björling	...	Wife of house owner (uncredited)
Astrid Bodin	...	Woman in window (uncredited)
Tor Borong	...	Second-hand salesman (uncredited)
Ernst Brunman	...	Tobacconist (uncredited)
Bengt Brunskog	...	Sicke (uncredited)
Bengt Eklund	...	Vegetable warehouse worker (uncredited)
Carl-Axel Elfving	...	Worker (uncredited)
Hans Ellis	...	Svensson (uncredited)
Gösta Ericsson	...	Mr. Forsberg (uncredited)
Gustaf Färingborg	...	Vegetable warehouse worker (uncredited)
Arthur Fischer	...	Vegetable warehouse owner (uncredited)
Jessie Flaws	...	House owner's daughter (uncredited)
Mona Geijer-Falkner	...	Woman in window (uncredited)
Göthe Grefbo	...	Vegetable warehouse worker (uncredited)
Gösta Gustafson	...	Cashier (uncredited)
Nils Hultgren	...	Vicar (uncredited)
Magnus Kesster	...	Worker (uncredited)
Carl-Uno Larsson	...	Hasse, Monika's brother (uncredited)
Torsten Lilliecrona	...	The driver (uncredited)
Gordon Löwenadler	...	Monika's escort (uncredited)
Sten Mattsson	...	Harry's friend (uncredited)
Kjell Nordenskiöld	...	Hero in american movie (uncredited)
Gun Östring	...	Nurse at maternity ward (uncredited)
Gösta Prüzelius	...	Salesman (uncredited)
Birger Sahlberg	...	Beer drinker (uncredited)
Hanny Schedin	...	Mrs. Boman, cafe owner (uncredited)
Georg Skarstedt	...	Harry's father (uncredited)
Einar Söderbäck	...	Second-hand salesman (uncredited)
Ivar Wahlgren	...	House owner (uncredited)
Catrin Westerlund	...	Daughter of house owner (uncredited)
Nils Whiten	...	Second-hand salesman (uncredited)
Margaret Young	...	Heroin in american movie (uncredited)

Directed by
Ingmar Bergman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ingmar Bergman		uncredited
Per Anders Fogelström		novel
Per Anders Fogelström		screenplay

Produced by
Kroger Babb	....	producer (re-edited US version)
Allan Ekelund	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Les Baxter		(US version)
Erik Nordgren
Eskil Eckert-Lundin		(uncredited)
Walle Söderlund		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Gunnar Fischer

Film Editing by
Tage Holmberg		(uncredited)
Gösta Lewin		(uncredited)

Production Design by
P.A. Lundgren

Sound Department
Sven Hansen	....	sound
Eskil Lindberg	....	sound (uncredited)
Sven Rudestedt	....	sound mixer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Louis Huch	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Bengt Nordwall	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Music Department
Eskil Eckert-Lundin	....	orchestrator (as E. Eckert-Lundin)

Other crew
Carl M. Lundh	....	mask
Tor Borong	....	technical assistant (uncredited)
Birgit Norlindh	....	continuity clerk (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Distributors

• Hallmark Productions (1955) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Rosebud (Greece) (theatrical)
• Versátil Home Vídeo (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)

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]
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:

Jerald Intrator was hired by U.S. distributor, Kroger Babb, to shoot a few additional nude inserts and supervise the U.S. dub and re-scoring by Les Baxter.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Horrible Honeys (1988) (V)

Soundtrack:

RAGTIME

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.