Summer with Monika
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1953 • Sweden
Starring Harriet Andersson, Lars Ekborg
Inspired by the earthy eroticism of Harriet Andersson, in the first of her many roles for him, Ingmar Bergman had a major international breakthrough with this sensual and ultimately ravaging tale of young love. A girl (Andersson) and boy (Lars Ekborg) from working-class families in Stockholm run away from home to spend a secluded, romantic summer at the beach, far from parents and responsibilities. Inevitably, it is not long before the pair are forced to return to reality. The version initially released in the U.S. was reedited by its distributor into something more salacious, but the original SUMMER WITH MONIKA (SOMMAREN MED MONIKA), presented here, is a work of stunning maturity and one of Bergman’s most important films.
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Summer with Monika
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1953 • Sweden
Starring Harriet Andersson, Lars EkborgInspired by the earthy eroticism of Harriet Andersson, in the first of her many roles for him, Ingmar Bergman had a major international breakthrough with this sensual and ultimately ravaging tale of young love. A ...
Extras
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Ingmar Bergman on SUMMER WITH MONIKA
In this short interview, conducted by reporter Marie Nyreröd for SVT Svensk Television in the summer of 2003, director Ingmar Bergman talks about his great affection for SUMMER WITH MONIKA, its production, and his relationship at the time with actress Harriet Andersson.
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Peter Cowie and Harriet Andersson on SUMMER WITH MONIKA
In January 2012, film critic and Bergman scholar Peter Cowie sat down with actress Harriet Andersson in Stockholm for this conversation about SUMMER WITH MONIKA.
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Images from the Playground
This 2009 documentary directed by Stig Björkman, is composed of behind-the-scenes footage of several films, including SUMMER WITH MONIKA, shot by Ingmar Bergman with a 9.5 mm Bell & Howell camera. The footage is accompanied by an archival audio interview with Bergman and newly recorded interviews...
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Monika: Kroger Babb’s Bad Girl
In 1955, producer, showman, and distributor Kroger Babb bought the American rights to SUMMER WITH MONIKA, cut it down, added a dub track and a jazz score, and distributed it as MONIKA, THE STORY OF A BAD GIRL! In this 2012 interview, film historian Eric Schaefer explains how director Ingmar Bergm...
