SUMMER INTERLUDE (Sommarlek) (1951) - ♦♦♦♦

Directed by - Ingmar Bergman

 

Written by - Ingmar Bergman, Herbert Grevenius

 

Starring - Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten, Alf Kjellin

 

 

 

"A successful ballerina recalls the bittersweet story of her first love. Bergman deals with one of his favourite themes, the loss of innocence. His style is unmistakable, and enhanced aesthetically by his use of ballet sequences, but the story feels incomplete and not completely satisfactory. Nilsson’s performance as the melancholic ballerina is very powerful and moving."

 

 

Drama, Sweden