Smiles of a Summer Night

Smiles of a Summer Night Swedish Sommarnattens leende is a 1955 Swedish comedy film directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was the first of Bergmans films to bring the director international success, due to its exposure at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005 TIME magazine ranked it one of the 100 greatest films since 1923.

The film takes place in Sweden around the turn of the twentieth century. Fredrik Egerman is a middleaged lawyer married to a 19yearold beauty, Anne. Their twoyear marriage is still unconsummated, due to Annes reluctance. Fredrik has a son, Henrik, from his marriage to his late first wife. Henrik is in his early twenties and is studying to be a minister but is currently tormented by his love for his stepmother, who secretly loves him in return. Henrik is distracting himself from his urges by attempting an inconclusive affair with Fredriks lusty young servant, Petra.Between his two marriages, Fredrik had an affair with a notable stage actress, the beautiful Desiree Armfeldt, but she broke off the relationship. Desiree now has a young son named Fredrik, born shortly after her affair with Fredrik Egerman. It is implied, but never directly stated, that little Fredrik Armfeldt is the son of Fredrik Egerman. Desiree is now having an affair with an army officer, Count CarlMagnus Malcolm. The Counts wife, Charlotte, is an old friend of Anne Egerman. ........

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