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Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Writer:
Per Anders Fogelström (screenplay)
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Release Date:
9 February 1953 (Sweden) See more »
Genre:
Drama | Romance See more »
Tagline:
A Picture for Wide Screens and Broad Minds See more »
Plot:
Harry Lund is a nineteen year old young man who meets Monika, a romantic, reckless and rebellious seventeen year old... See more » | Add synopsis »
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User Reviews:
Great movie. Sensitive and solid story, very good performances. See more (35 total) »

Cast

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Harriet Andersson ... Monika
Lars Ekborg ... Harry
Dagmar Ebbesen ... Harry's aunt
Åke Fridell ... Monika's father
Naemi Briese ... Monika's mother
Åke Grönberg ... Harry's friend at work
Sigge Fürst ... Porcelain warehouse worker
John Harryson ... Lelle
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gert Fylking ... The Boy - statist
Harry Ahlin ... House owner (uncredited)
Anders Andelius ... Monika's escort (uncredited)
Wiktor Andersson ... Beer drinker (uncredited)
Renée Björling ... Wife of house owner (uncredited)
Astrid Bodin ... Woman in window (uncredited)
Tor Borong ... Second-hand salesman (uncredited)
Ernst Brunman ... Tobacconist (uncredited)
Bengt Brunskog ... Sicke (uncredited)
Bengt Eklund ... Vegetable warehouse worker (uncredited)
Carl-Axel Elfving ... Worker (uncredited)
Hans Ellis ... Svensson (uncredited)
Gösta Ericsson ... Mr. Forsberg (uncredited)
Arthur Fischer ... Vegetable warehouse owner (uncredited)
Jessie Flaws ... House owner's daughter (uncredited)
Gustaf Färingborg ... Vegetable warehouse worker (uncredited)
Mona Geijer-Falkner ... Woman in window (uncredited)
Göthe Grefbo ... Vegetable warehouse worker (uncredited)
Gösta Gustafson ... Cashier (uncredited)
Nils Hultgren ... Vicar (uncredited)
Magnus Kesster ... Worker (uncredited)
Carl-Uno Larsson ... Hasse, Monika's brother (uncredited)
Torsten Lilliecrona ... The driver (uncredited)
Gordon Löwenadler ... Monika's escort (uncredited)
Sten Mattsson ... Harry's friend (uncredited)
Kjell Nordenskiöld ... Hero in american movie (uncredited)
Gösta Prüzelius ... Salesman (uncredited)
Birger Sahlberg ... Beer drinker (uncredited)
Hanny Schedin ... Mrs. Boman, cafe owner (uncredited)
Georg Skarstedt ... Harry's father (uncredited)
Einar Söderbäck ... Second-hand salesman (uncredited)
Ivar Wahlgren ... House owner (uncredited)
Catrin Westerlund ... Daughter of house owner (uncredited)
Nils Whiten ... Second-hand salesman (uncredited)
Margaret Young ... Heroin in american movie (uncredited)
Mona Åstrand ... Girl (uncredited)
Gun Östring ... Nurse at maternity ward (uncredited)
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Directed by
Ingmar Bergman 
 
Writing credits
Per Anders Fogelström (novel) uncredited

Ingmar Bergman  uncredited
Per Anders Fogelström  screenplay

Produced by
Allan Ekelund .... producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Les Baxter (US version)
Erik Nordgren 
Eskil Eckert-Lundin (uncredited)
Walle Söderlund (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Gunnar Fischer 
 
Film Editing by
Tage Holmberg (uncredited)
Gösta Lewin (uncredited)
 
Production Design by
P.A. Lundgren 
 
Sound Department
Sven Hansen .... sound
Eskil Lindberg .... sound (uncredited)
Sven Rudestedt .... sound mixer (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Louis Huch .... still photographer (uncredited)
Bengt Nordwall .... assistant camera (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Eskil Eckert-Lundin .... orchestrator (as E. Eckert-Lundin)
 
Other crew
Kroger Babb .... presenter (re-edited US version)
Carl M. Lundh .... mask
Tor Borong .... technical assistant (uncredited)
Birgit Norlindh .... continuity clerk (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Sommaren med Monika" - Sweden (original title)
"Monika" - USA (MIFED title), USA (video box title)
"Monika, the Story of a Bad Girl" - USA
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Runtime:
96 min | USA:62 min (re-edited version)
Country:
Sweden
Language:
Swedish
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
Mono (AGA Sound System)
Certification:
Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) (cut) | UK:PG (video rating) (1994) | Norway:16 | West Germany:18 | South Korea:18 (2012) | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Ornö, Stockholms län, SwedenSee more »
Company:
Svensk Filmindustri (SF)See more »

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Trivia:
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.See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in Two in the Wave (2010)See more »
Soundtrack:
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19 out of 21 people found the following review useful.
Great movie. Sensitive and solid story, very good performances., 23 October 1998
Author: Fernando Ponz from Brussels, Belgium

It is a very sensitive and solid story about love and loss. It fascinates you from the beginning, first of all because of the beauty of the images and then by the credibility of the characters. There's also plenty of small human details which together make a whole masterpiece (The moment that Monika turns and stares to the camera is one of them). Strangely enough, this movie is never mentioned among the best made by Bergman. But it is a great movie.

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