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Touching on many of the themes that would define the rest of his legendary career-isolation, performance, the inescapability of the past-the tenth film by Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal) was a gentle sway toward true mastery. In one of the director's great early female roles, Maj-Britt Nilsson (To Joy) beguiles as Marie, an accomplished ballet dancer haunted by her tragic youthful affair with a shy, handsome student (Thirst's Birger Malmsten). Her memories of the rocky shores of Stockholm's outer archipelago mingle with scenes from her gloomy present, most of them set in the dark backstage environs of the theater where she works. A film that the director considered a creative turning point, Summer Interlude is a reverie on life and death that bridges the gap between Bergman's past and future, theater and cinema.
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Product Details
Actors: Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten
Directors: Ingmar Bergman
Format: Black & White, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: Swedish
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: Unrated
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: May 29, 2012
Run Time: 96 minutes
Special Features
New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Peter Cowie
Cast & Crew
Performance Credits
Maj-Britt Nilsson Marie
Alf Kjellin David Nystrom
Birger Malmsten Henrik
Annalisa Ericson Kaj, a ballerina
Georg Funkquist Uncle Erland
Renée Björling Aunt Elisabeth
Mimi Pollak Short lady
Stig Olin Ballet Master
John Botvid Karl, a janitor
Douglas Håge Nisse, a janitor
May Britt
Ernst Brunman The Captain
Julia Caesar Maja, a dresser
Carl-Axel Elfving Flower boy
Torsten Lilliecrona Ljus-Pelle
Gunnar Olsson The Priest
Olaf Riego The Doctor
Marianne Schuler Kerstin
Carl Stroem Sandell
Technical Credits
Ingmar Bergman Director, Screenwriter
E. Eckert-Lundin Score Composer
Allan Ekeland Producer
Allan Ekelund Producer
Gunnar Fischer Cinematographer
Herbert Grevenius Screenwriter
Bengt Jammark Cinematographer
Eric Nordgren Score Composer
Oscar Rosander Editor
Nils Svenwall Production Designer, Set Decoration/Design
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