Smiles of a Summer Night (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)

After fifteen films that received mostly local acclaim, the 1955 comedy SMILES OF a SUMMER NIGHT (SOMMARNATTENS LEENDE) at last ushered in an international audience for Ingmar Bergman (THE SEVENTH SEAL, WILD STRAWBERRIES). in turn-of-the-century Sweden, four men and four women of different classes attempt to navigate the laws of attraction. During a weekend in the country, the women collude to force the mens hands in matters of the heart, exposing their pretensions and insecurities along the way. Chock-full of flirtatious propositions and sharp witticisms delivered by such Swedish screen legends as Gunnar Bjvrnstrand (THE SEVENTH SEAL, WINTER LIGHT) and Harriet Andersson (THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY, CRIES AND WHISPERS), SMILES OF a SUMMER NIGHT is one of cinemas great erotic comedies.

Starring: Gunnar Bj rnstrand, Margit Carlquist, Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Margit Carlqvist, Gunnar Björnstrand, Gunnar Bj?rnstrand, Bjorn Bjelfvenstam, Jarl Kulle, Ake Fridell, Harriet Andersson, Jullan Kindahl, Gösta Prüzelius, Åke Fridell, Anders Wulff, Arne Lindblad, Björn Bjelvenstam, Boerje Mellvig, Gosta Prnzelius, Gull Natorp, Gunnar Nielsen, Hans Str__t, John Melin, Julian Kindahl, Lena Soderblom, Mille Schmidt, Sigge Fuerst, Ulf Johansson, Yngve Nordwall, Bibi Andersson, Naima Wifstrand, Birgitta Valberg, Svea Holst, Mona Malm, Sten Gester, Josef Norman, Ulf Johanson

Director: Allan Ekelund, Brian E. O'Neal