Summer with Monika

London: Mondial Films, 1953. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1953 film. With printed mimeo snipes specific to the film's UK release affixed to the verso.

Based on Per Anders Fogelstrom's 1951 novel. Two young lovers from Stockholm steal a boat and run away together, but are forced to return home as the summer ends. The first film to star director Ingmar Bergman's longtime leading lady Harriet Andersson, who would later appear in Bergman's "Sawdust and Tinsel" (1953), "Smiles of a Summer Night" (1955), "Through a Glass Darkly" (1961), and "Cries and Whispers" (1972).

Set in Sweden.

10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.


Criterion Collection 614.

[Book #151452]