A wacky inventor and his wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside.
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Woody Allen | ... | Andrew | |
| Mia Farrow | ... | Ariel | |
| José Ferrer | ... | Leopold (as Jose Ferrer) | |
| Julie Hagerty | ... | Dulcy | |
| Tony Roberts | ... | Maxwell | |
| Mary Steenburgen | ... | Adrian | |
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Adam Redfield | ... | Student Foxx |
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Moishe Rosenfeld | ... | Mr. Hayes |
| Timothy Jenkins | ... | Mr. Thomson | |
| Michael Higgins | ... | Reynolds | |
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Sol Frieder | ... | Carstairs |
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Boris Zoubok | ... | Purvis |
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Thomas Barbour | ... | Blint |
| Kate McGregor-Stewart | ... | Mrs. Baker | |
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Centred around a weekend party at the home of inventor Andrew Hobbs and his wife Adrian, attended by randy doctor Maxwell Jordan, his nurse Dulcy, renowned philosopher Dr.Leopold Sturgis and his fiancée, this is a light comedy concerning their various emotional, intellectual and sexual entanglements, loosely based on Ingmar Bergman's 'Smiles of a Summer Night' . Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
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flirting | man wearing glasses | attempted suicide | punctuation in title | summer |Taglines:
Six characters in search of love [Video]Genres:
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USARelease Date:
16 July 1982 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Eine Sommernachts-Sexkomödie See more »Filming Locations:
Columbia University - Broadway & 116th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$2,514,478, 18 July 1982, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$9,077,269Company Credits
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Leopold: Ghosts or little spirits or pixies, I don't believe in them. Do you Mr. Foxx?
Student Foxx: No, sir.
Leopold: You sounded, with all your metaphysical gibberish.
Student Foxx: Well, I didn't mean ghosts or spirits, professor.
Leopold: Nothing is real, but experience. That which can be touched, tasted felt, or in some scientific fashion proved. We must never substitute qualitative events that are marked by similar properties and reoccurrences for fixed substances.
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(1935) (uncredited)
Music by Albert Hay Malotte
Lyrics traditional
Played on piano by Ariel and sung by José Ferrer
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First of thirteen cinema movie collaborations of actress Mia Farrow and actor-writer-director Woody Allen. See more »Goofs
Jose Ferrer sings the song, "The Lord's Prayer", which was not written by Albert Hay Malotte until 1935, even though the film was set much earlier. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Leopold: Ghosts or little spirits or pixies, I don't believe in them. Do you Mr. Foxx?
Student Foxx: No, sir.
Leopold: You sounded, with all your metaphysical gibberish.
Student Foxx: Well, I didn't mean ghosts or spirits, professor.
Leopold: Nothing is real, but experience. That which can be touched, tasted felt, or in some scientific fashion proved. We must never substitute qualitative events that are marked by similar properties and reoccurrences for fixed substances.
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Referenced in Sneak Previews: TRON, The Devil's Playground, Gregory's Girl, The Secret of NIMH (1982) See more »Soundtracks
The Lord's Prayer(1935) (uncredited)
Music by Albert Hay Malotte
Lyrics traditional
Played on piano by Ariel and sung by José Ferrer
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Despite being one of Woody's lesser works this film still succeeds to entertain. The sight of Woody on a flying bicycle is worth watching the film alone, as is the wonderful scenery. Despite not having an outstanding script, though good by anyone else's standards, Woody's take on Bergman & Shakespeare's tale is a success that makes the summer seem like a magical time of escapism and hope. Woody succeeds in the modern take on the Shakespearian theme of confusion & love and manages to make a warm and pleasant film