Smiles of a Summer Night
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Smiles of a Summer Night (Swedish: Sommarnattens leende) is a 1955 film directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was the first to bring the director international success with exposure at the Cannes Film Festival.
The film's plot – which involves switching partners on a summer's night – has been echoed many times, notably in the films of Woody Allen, most explicitly in A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy. It inspired the Stephen Sondheim-Harold Prince musical A Little Night Music, which opened on Broadway in 1973.
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Cast
- Ulla Jacobsson - Anne Egerman
- Eva Dahlbeck - Desiree Armfeldt
- Harriet Andersson - Petra
- Margit Carlqvist - Countess Charlotte Malcolm
- Gunnar Björnstrand - Fredrik Egerman
- Jarl Kulle - Count Carl Magnus Malcolm
- Åke Fridell - Frid
- Björn Bjelfvenstam - Henrik Egerman
- Naima Wifstrand - Mrs. Armfeldt
- Jullan Kindahl - Beata
- Gull Natorp - Malla
- Birgitta Valberg - Actress
- Bibi Andersson - Actress
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