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Summer with Monika (1953) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Ingmar Bergman and produced by Allan Ekelund.

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WORLD CINEMA: Summer with Monika (1953)

By Carol Martinheira on Feb 23, 2021 From The Old Hollywood Garden

WORLD CINEMA: Summer with Monika (1953) On February 23, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized For my second installment of the WORLD CINEMA series, how about we have a stroll through Sweden’s working class towns with Ingmar Bergman’s Summer with Monika (1953)? ... Read full article


Summer with Monika (1953)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 18, 2019 From 4 Star Films

If I didn’t know any better I would say what the desires of the kids at the center of this early Bergman picture,?sound like the American Dream. Except maybe it’s the Swedish Dream and maybe?the main tenets are all but universal?to many of the wide-eyed, angsty teens out there. The lives... Read full article


Summer with Monika (1953)

By Beatrice on Oct 15, 2015 From Flickers in Time

Summer with Monika (Sommaren med Monika) Directed by Ingmar Bergman Written by Pers Anderson Fogelstr?m from his novel 1953/Sweden Svensk Filmindustri Repeat viewing/Netflix rental #264 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Gunnar Fischer provides some exquisite lighting to Bergman’s t... Read full article


Summer With Monika, 1953, Ingmar Bergman

By Aaron West on Jun 20, 2015 From Criterion Blues

Jun 20 Posted by aaronwest For this post I am mixing it up a little bit. Rather than do a formal review, I?m participating in MovieMovieBlogBlog?s Sex! Blogathon. Rather than do a formal review and/or analysis of this earlier Bergman film, I?m going to explore how sexuality was portrayed and how re... Read full article


Summer With Monika, 1953, Ingmar Bergman

By Aaron West on Jun 20, 2015 From Criterion Blues

Jun 20 Posted by aaronwest For this post I am mixing it up a little bit. Rather than do a formal review, I?m participating in MovieMovieBlogBlog?s Sex! Blogathon. Rather than do a formal review and/or analysis of this earlier Bergman film, I?m going to explore how sexuality was portrayed and how re... Read full article


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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.
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.
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