A pair of teenagers meet one summer day, start a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.A pair of teenagers meet one summer day, start a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.A pair of teenagers meet one summer day, start a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.
- Director
- Writers
- Per Anders Fogelström(screenplay)
- Ingmar Bergman(uncredited)
- Stars
- Director
- Writers
- Per Anders Fogelström(screenplay)
- Ingmar Bergman(uncredited)
- Stars
- Director
- Writers
- Per Anders Fogelström(screenplay) (novel)
- Ingmar Bergman(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe 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.
- Quotes
Harry Lund: Monika, I'm going to start night school. You can become an engineer if you keep at it. I've always liked engines. I fixed the engine on the boat last autumn.
Monika Eriksson: You study to be an engineer, and then we'll get married, okay? Harry. I think I'm pregnant.
Harry Lund: What? Seriously?
Monika Eriksson: Hmm.
Harry Lund: We have to go back so I can start working. You need proper food.
Monika Eriksson: No, I'm not going back. I want summer to go on just like this. Harry, I don't know anyone as sweet as you.
Harry Lund: Monika, we have to make something real out of our lives. We'll care for each other. I'll study and get a decent job, so we can get married and have a nice house, you and me and the little one on its way.
Monika Eriksson: You'll come home from work and I'll have dinner ready. We'll take the children for Sunday walks. I won't work. I'll stay at home with the kids. We'll have nice clothes.
Harry Lund: We'll have a good life. We'll always stay together.
Monika Eriksson: Just you and me.
- Alternate versionsFirst US release, marketed for the drive in theater circuit, ran only 62 minutes, was dubbed, and featured a different score by jazz musician Les Baxter.
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une vague nouvelle (1999)
- SoundtracksAN DER SCHOENEN BLAUEN DONAU
Music by Johann Strauss
Harriet Andersson has been good in everything I have seen her in; this film is no exception.
Lars Ekborg (a Leonardo DiCaprio look alike of sorts) is also very good as the love struck loser Harry.
It is all a pretty pessimistic take on young love, Bergman once again seeming to share Strindberg's harsh take on the female gender.
The film has its moments - the beach scene and the astonishing close up on Monika's unblinking face when she starts fooling around when Harry is away working and Harry's aunt thinks Monika is working.
One to progress to when working through the Bergman canon, but not the place to start.
- ian_harris
- Jan 14, 2003
Details
Box office
- Budget
- SEK 484,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $14,316
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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