Summer Interlude (1951)
"Sommarlek" (original title)

While waiting for the night rehearsal of the ballet Swan Lake, the lonely twenty-eight year-old ballerina Marie receives a diary through the mail. She travels by ferry to an island nearby ... See full summary »

Director:

Ingmar Bergman

Writers:

Ingmar Bergman, Herbert Grevenius

Stars:

Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten, Alf Kjellin

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Maj-Britt Nilsson	...	Marie
Birger Malmsten	...	Henrik
Alf Kjellin	...	David Nyström
Annalisa Ericson	...	Kaj, ballet dancer
Georg Funkquist	...	Uncle Erland
Stig Olin	...	Ballet Master
Mimi Pollak	...	Mrs. Calwagen, Henrik's aunt
Renée Björling	...	Aunt Elisabeth
Gunnar Olsson	...	The Priest

Storyline

While waiting for the night rehearsal of the ballet Swan Lake, the lonely twenty-eight year-old ballerina Marie receives a diary through the mail. She travels by ferry to an island nearby Stockholm, where she recalls her first love Henrik. Thirteen years ago, while traveling to spend her summer vacation with her aunt Elisabeth and her uncle Erland, Marie meets Henrik in the ferry and sooner they fall in love for each other. They spend summer vacation together when a tragedy separates them and Marie builds a wall affecting her sentimental life.

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Plot Keywords:

summer vacation | uncle | ballerina | diary | tragedy | 

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Taglines:

The most INTIMATE love story ever told

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

26 October 1954 (USA)

Also Known As:

Illicit Interlude

Filming Locations:

Dalarö, Stockholms län, Sweden

Box Office

Budget:

SEK 434,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Hey Babu Riba (1985)

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Soundtracks

"Swan Lake"
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

User Reviews

Selflived teenage lovestory

Even though it has it's moments. it's not the best Bergmanfilm. A bit too little story (maybe that happens when you try to write about something that you experienced firsthand yourself as a 16 year old nerd boy) Best thing about this film is Annalisa Ericsson as a bad ballerina and the dirty rich old man portraid by Georg Funkquist. The lead actress, Maj-Britt Nilsson is O.K. and does give a nice performance, but her counterpart Birger Malmsten is terrible.

Lousy teatrical acting. The border between what the mirror' reflect and the reality is great! The fluid like state of the different time, past and present is good. I prefer the Sommaren med Monika which is in many ways similar,