A romantic comedy of manners with a satirical edge, Smiles of a Summer's Night takes place in 1900 and was inspired in part by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Full of subtle eroticism and wit, Ingmar Bergman's romance proposes that falling in love - or lust - beyond the parameters of social convention is not only unavoidable, but may even be the key to personal happiness. Fredrik is a lustful lawyer living a platonic marriage with a virginal wife, Anne. Henrik, his son by his previous marriage, is after Petra, the family maid. Fredrik's old mistress, an actress named Desiree, is in town, and he goes to see her. But now she has a new lover, the fierce Count Malcolm, who in turn has a formidable wife, Charlotte. All are invited to Desiree's mother's estate for a weekend party. Bergman's sprightly comedy of sexual manners has a distinguished lineage, inspired not only by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, but the operas of Mozart, the plays of Marivaux and Mauritz Siller's film Erotikon. Bergman' comedies can be laboured and precious, but here he strikes exactly the right note of levity. Led by Eva Dahlbeck as the mischevious actress who assembles a weekend party of past, present and prospective lovers, the cast is uniformly excellent. 5 STARS OUT OF 5 Smiles on a Summer Night Ingmar Bergman Buy UK Dvd (This Site) (Shipped from UK) Single Disc [2001] Actors: Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Margit Carlqvist, Gunnar Björnstrand Director: Ingmar Bergman Format: Black & White, PAL Language: Swedish Region: All Regions Number of discs: 1 Classification: PG Studio: Tartan Video DVD Release Date: 24 Sep 2001 DVD Features: Main Language: Swedish Available Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital 2.0 Trailers - 1. Trailer Gallery - The Bergman Collection Scene Access Production Notes Filmographies - 1. Ingmar Bergman - Director 2. Cast Price: £17.99 (UK Sterling) / $ 37.99 (US Dollars) (Shipped from UK) (Price includes worldwide postage & packaging) Also available: amazon.co.uk | amazon.com Movie Review Ingmar Bergman ingmar bergman dvds | videos al pacino | michelle pfeiffer yul brynner | christopher plummer | romy schneider the godfather | the godfather part ii marlon brando | james caan | diane keaton | al pacino laurence olivier | clark gable | vivien leigh | leslie howard | alfred hitchcock | robert montgomery | grace kelly olivia de havilland | humphrey bogart | howard hawks | frank capra | charlie chaplin | lauren bacall | fritz lang jean harlow | greta garbo | ava gardner | audrey hepburn | edward g. robinson | john garfield erich von stroheim | wim wenders | madeleine carroll | marlene dietrich | rita hayworth ingmar bergman dvds ingmar bergman videos ingmar bergman dvds | videos al pacino | michelle pfeiffer yul brynner | christopher plummer | romy schneider the godfather | the godfather part ii marlon brando | james caan | diane keaton | al pacino laurence olivier | clark gable | vivien leigh | leslie howard | alfred hitchcock | robert montgomery | grace kelly olivia de havilland | humphrey bogart | howard hawks | frank capra | charlie chaplin | lauren bacall | fritz lang jean harlow | greta garbo | ava gardner | audrey hepburn | edward g. robinson | john garfield erich von stroheim | wim wenders | madeleine carroll | marlene dietrich | rita hayworth Page created by: lenin@netcomuk.co.uk Changes last made: 2007