Summer Interlude (1951)

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Original title	Sommarlek
Swedish release title	Sommarlek
International title	Summer Interlude
Distribution title	Sommerleg (Danmark) Einen Sommer lang (Västtyskland) Summer Interlude (Storbritannien) Sommerlek (Norge) Kesäinen leikki (Finland) Illicit Interlude (USA) Jeux d'été (Frankrike) Un'estate d'amore (Italien) Juegos de verano (Spanien) Letni sen (Polen) Juventud, divino tesoro (Uruguay) Letní sen (Tjeckoslovakien) Nyári közjáték (Ungern) Somerspel (Sydafrika) Suvemäng (Estland) Ljetna međuigra (Jugoslavien) Zomeridylle (Nederländerna) Zomerintermezzo (Nederländerna) Juventude, divino tesouro (Brasilien) Yaz oyunları (Turkiet)
Title for Swedish DVD release	Sommarlek
Script title	Sommarleken

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay	Ingmar Bergman
Production Manager	Allan Ekelund
Director of Photography	Gunnar Fischer
Music	Erik Nordgren (originalmusik) Bengt Wallerström (originalmusik) Eskil Eckert-Lundin (originalmusik)
Art Director	Nils Svenwall
Film Editor	Oscar Rosander
Production Mixer	Sven Hansen
Script Supervisor	Ingegerd Ericsson Sol-Britt Norlander
Scenario	Ingmar Bergman Herbert Grevenius
Unit Manager	Gösta Ström
First Assistant Cameraman	Bengt Järnmark
Still Photographer	Louis Huch (ateljéfoto)
Musical Arrangement	Erik Nordgren Julius Jacobsen
Orchestra Leader	Eskil Eckert-Lundin
Boom Operator	Aaby Wedin
Re-recording Mixer	Sven Persson (as Sven Rudestedt)

Maj-Britt Nilsson	Marie, balettdansös
Birger Malmsten	Henrik, student
Alf Kjellin	David Nyström, journalist på tidningen Året Om, Maries fästman
Annalisa Ericson	Kaj, balettdansös
Georg Funkquist	farbror Erland
Stig Olin	balettmästare
Mimi Pollak	fru Calwagen, Henriks faster
Renée Björling	tante Elisabeth
Gunnar Olsson	prästen
-	Ej krediterade:
Douglas Håge	Nisse, vaktmästare på teatern
John Botvid	Karl, vaktmästarbiträde
Julia Cæsar	Maja, påkläderska
Carl Ström	Sandell, scenmästare
Torsten Lilliecrona	Ljus-Pelle, ljusmästare
Ernst Brunman	kapten på skärgårdsbåt
Olav Riégo	sjukhusläkaren
Fylgia Zadig	sjuksköterskan
Eskil Eckert-Lundin	orkesterledare på teatern
Emmy Albiin	farbror Erlands trotjänarinna
Carl-Axel Elfving	budet med paket till Marie
Sten Mattsson	hoppilandkalle på skärgårdsbåten
Marianne Schüler	balettdansös
Gösta Ström	Karlsson, inspicient på teatern
Monique Roeger	balettdansös
Gerd Andersson	balettdansös
Göte Stergel	dansare i pas de deux ur Svansjön
Gun Skoogberg	stand-in för Maj-Britt Nilsson i dansscenerna
Kungliga operans balett	balettdansare

Production Company	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri	1951
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2005
Laboratory	AB Svensk Filmindustris filmlaboratorium
Make-up Supervisor	Firma Carl M. Lundh AB

Marie, a prima ballerina, takes a boat trip while reading the diary of Henrik, her now dead boyfriend, and memories of a summer spent in the archipelago come flooding back.

Censorship number	78574
Date	1963
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2610 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 560-600-525-495-430 = 2610 meter - 95 minuter. Aktlängder: 560, 600, 525, 495, 430.

Censorship number	78574
Date	1952
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2610 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 560-600-525-495-430 = 2610 meter - 95 minuter. Aktlängder: 560, 600, 525, 495, 430.

Censorship number	78574
Date	1951-04-02
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2635 meters
Notes	Kopiorna klipptes ned av bolaget till 2610 meter. Granskningskopians aktlängder: 560-565-570-495-445 = 2635 meter - 96 minuter. Kopiornas aktlängder: 560-600-525-495-430 = 2610 meter - 95 minuter. Aktlängder: 560, 565, 570, 495, 445.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	AGA-Baltic
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2610 meter
Reels	5 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

Original title	Mari (Story)
Author	Ingmar Bergman

				1950-05-24	1950-06-18
				1950-04-03	1950-05-04
Filmstaden	Råsunda	Sweden	(ateljé)
Dalarö-Rosenön	Haninge	Sweden
Godset Sandemar	Haninge	Sweden
Saltsjöbaden	Nacka	Sweden
Blasieholmskajen	Stockholm	Sweden

Release in Sweden	1951-10-01	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	95 min
First showing	1951-10-01	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	95 min
Other showing	1959		Warsaw	Poland
TV showing	1978-02-18	TV2		Sweden	92 min
	1995-03-27	Kanal 1		Sweden	92 min
	2000-11-16	SVT1		Sweden	92 min
DVD release	2005-05-11			Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2008-01-20
FIAF showing	2018-01-21	Cinema Orion	Helsinki	Finland
Other showing	2018-02-01	Janus Films	New York	USA
FIAF showing	2018-02-02	British Film Institute	London	United Kingdom
	2018-02-11	Norsk Filminstitutt	Oslo	Norway
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-02-20	CinematekET Pl Trondheim		Norway
FIAF showing	2018-03-01	Jerusalem Cinematheque	Jerusalem	Israel
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-03-01	Verdensteatret, Tromsø		Norway
TV showing	2018-03-03	SVT2		Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2018-03-14	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
FIAF showing	2018-04-13	Filmoteca Española	Madrid	Spain
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-05-08	Kino Metso	Jyväskylä	Finland
	2018-07-06	Babylon	Berlin	Germany
	2018-07-12	Metropolis	Hamburg	Germany
FIAF showing	2018-08-11	Det Danske Filminstitut	Copenhagen	Denmark
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-08-23	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival	Taipei	Taiwan
	2018-08-27	Stadtkino Basel	Basel	Switzerland
	2018-11-25	International Film Festival of Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	India
FIAF showing	2018-12-01	La Cinemathèque québécoise	Montreal	Canada
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-12-01	International Film Festival of Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	India
TV showing	2022-02-23	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-03-02	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-03-15	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-07-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-10-17	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-09	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-12-27	SF Kanalen		Sweden	94 min
	2023-02-22	SF Kanalen		Sweden	94 min
	2023-03-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-03-14	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-07-23	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-07-25	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-10-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-08	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden

Original title	Svansjön. Svanarnas dans
Composer	Pjotr Tjajkovskij	(1877)
Dancer	Kungliga operans balett

Original title	Svansjön. Pas de deux
Composer	Pjotr Tjajkovskij	(1877)
Dancer	Gun Skoogberg	(stand-in för Maj-Britt Nilsson)
	Göte Stergel
	Kungliga operans balett

Original title	Coppélia ou La fille aux yeux d'émail. Mazurka
Composer	Léo Delibes	(1870)

Original title	Nynning
Composer	Eskil Eckert-Lundin
Singer	Maj-Britt Nilsson

Original title	Impromptu, piano, nr 4, op. 66, ciss-moll
Composer	Frédéric Chopin	(1834)

Original title	Nötknäpparen. Blommornas dans
Composer	Pjotr Tjajkovskij	(1892)
Dancer	Gun Skoogberg	(stand-in för Maj-Britt Nilsson)

Original title	Svansjön. Vals
Composer	Pjotr Tjajkovskij	(1877)
Dancer	Kungliga operans balett

Filmbewertungsstelle (Wiesbaden)	Wiesbaden				(prädikat: wertvoll)

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2610

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2601

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2610

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
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Element type	Duplicate negative
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2601

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	SOMMARLEK

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	SOMMARLEK

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	SOMMARLEK
Tryckeri	J. Olsén litogr.anst.

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	SOMMARLEK
Tryckeri	J. Olsén litogr.anst.
Designed by	Bibi Rösell-Breger

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Maj-Britt Nilsson och Birger Malmsten i SOMMARLEK
Tryckeri	Fotopress

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
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Tryckeri	Fotopress

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Maj-Britt Nilsson i SOMMARLEK
Tryckeri	Fotopress

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	2
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Tryckeri	Fotopress

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Quantity	1
Poster title	SOMMARLEG
Tryckeri	Dyva & Jeppesens bogtryckkeri A/S

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Sommarleken. En film av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	146 s. + 14 s. komplettering löst.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	29 s. Produktionsuppgifter (1 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Summer interlude.
Extent	24 s. Produktionsuppgifter (1 s.) ingår.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	25 s.
Language	Spanish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	19 s.
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Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Sommarleken. En film av Ingmar Bergman.
Extent	146 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	29 s. Produktionsuppgifter (1 s.) ingår.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Summer interlude.
Extent	24 s. Produktionsuppgifter (1 s.) ingår.
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	SET
Album	Yes

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Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
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Type	Program/Reklamtryck
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Type	Program/Reklamtryck
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Type	Program/Reklamtryck
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Type	Program/Reklamtryck
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Type	Program/Reklamtryck
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Type	Program/Reklamtryck
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Type	Program/Reklamtryck
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Type	Program/Reklamtryck
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Type	Program/Reklamtryck
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Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	DCP
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digital audio
Carrier type	WAV

Element type	Digital audio
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Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
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Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
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