"A sexy frolic about the sport of love"26 December 1955Comedy, Romance109 mins
Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. To make matters worse, Fredrik's old flame Desiree makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat where four couples convene, swapping partners and pairing off in unexpected ways.
Dwight Stanford and his wife, Penny, are a pair of spendthrifts who can't hold on to money, dependent for support on Dwight's rich uncle, who sends them a monthly allowance.
On vacation in the Luberon, a high ranking civil servant, in love with the good old fashioned thinking, has to put up with a bunch of troublemakers in his haven of tranquillity and prevent them from watering in circles.
An intimate study of two women friends who come to each other because of troubles with everyday life and with men and thus try to enjoy a life based on their ideas.
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Smiles of a Summer Night - trailer
Swedish trailer for Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende 1955).
Comedy Bergman Style: Smiles of a Summer Night
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Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende) - Breaking Down Bergman - Episode #16
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Smiles of a Summer Night: Ingmar Bergman introduction
Ingmar Bergman introduces Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende 1955) with Marie Nyreröd.
Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) behind the scenes
A look at the making of Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende 1955). Silent.
Smiles of a Summer Night
After fifteen films that received mostly local acclaim the comedy Smiles of a Summer Night at last ushered in an international audience for Ingmar Bergman.
Popular movie trailers from 1955
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A witch's broom breaks right outside of the broom factory where Woody just happens to be working. Unfortunately for her she doesn't have the 50 cents needed to purchase a new handle.
A man embezzles some money in order to pay his debts and the daughter of his boss, who is in love with his son, asks a rich former suitor of hers for help.
When a plane crashes the pilot is saved by the beautiful Soni and the two fall in love, unfortunately, however, the local queen also falls in love with him.
Somewhere in the Salzburg mountains, young poacher Hans tries to conquer the heart of pretty schoolteacher Helga but is overthrown by forest warden Thomas.
While her new husband is away looking for work, the wife loses the child she was expecting and uses another woman's baby as a substitute so she won't have to upset her spouse when he returns.
Krestan Serbin, a 64-year-old Sorbian farm-worker, considers himself non-political. He owns a few acres, a few pigs and a cow, and intends to pass all this on to his daughter Lena.
Murders, with victims dying from spines broken by brute strength, erupt in the city and the killers, when encountered, walk away unharmed by police bullets which strike them.
A woman impressed by news reports about flying saucers, gets hit on the head by a vase, passes out and dreams that she is the 'Queen of Mars', from where she sends an expedition to Earth in order to bring back Rio's Carnaval to the planet.
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