| Description |
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 614 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 614.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1; fullscreen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono. |
| Cast |
Harriet Andersson, Lars Ekborg, Dagmar Ebbesen, Åke Fridell, Naemi Briese, Åke Grönberg, Sigge Fürst, John Harryson. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Gunnar Fischer ; music, Eric Nordgren ; producer, Allan Ekelund ; editors, Tage Holmberg, Gösta Lewin. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1953. |
| Summary |
Seventeen-year-old Monika and nineteen-year-old Harry Lund meet in a cafe. They spend a happy summer together, and soon Monika discovers that she is pregnant. They marry, but Monika is bored with taking care of the baby and the responsibilities of married life. She begins an affair with a former lover and their marriage falls apart. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Note |
Special features: Introduction by director Ingmar Bergman; New interview with actress Harriet Andersson, conducted by film scholar Peter Cowie; New interview with film scholar Eric Schaefer about Kroger Babb and his distribution of Monika, the story of a bad girl! as an exploitation film; Images from the playground : a half-hour documentary by Stig Björkman; Trailer. |
| Language |
Swedish dialogue with optional subtitles in English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Summer romance -- Sweden -- Drama.
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Young adults -- Sweden -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Sweden -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Foreign language films.
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| Added Author |
Bergman, Ingmar, 1918-2007.
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Fogelström, Per Anders, 1917-1998.
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Andersson, Harriet.
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Ekborg, Lars.
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Ebbesen, Dagmar, 1891-1954.
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Fridell, Åke, 1919-1985.
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Briese, Naemi, 1908-1980.
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Grönberg, Åke.
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Fürst, Sigge, 1905-1984.
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Harryson, John, 1926-2008.
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Fischer, Gunnar, 1910-2011.
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Nordgren, Erik.
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Ekelund, Allan.
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Holmberg, Tage, 1913-1989.
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Lewin, Gösta, 1920-
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Björkman, Stig, 1938-
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Janus Films.
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| Note |
Summer with Monika |
| ISBN |
9781604655933 |
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1604655933 |
| Standard No. |
715515096010 |
| Music No. |
CC2151D Criterion Collection |
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