Rent Summer Interlude / Waiting Women (1952)
3.7 of 5 from 4 ratings
3h 15min
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- Synopsis:
For more than 50 years, Ingmar Bergman produced ground-breaking works of cinema that established him as one of the world's most acclaimed, enduring and influential filmmakers.
Summer Interlude (1951)Marie (Maj-Britt Nilsson) is a talented young ballerina. One summer, while staying with her uncle, she meets and falls in love with Henrik (Birger Malmsten), a wealthy college boy. Soon they begin spending their days together and become totally consumed with one another. But, as the summer begins to die and autumn draws in, Marie becomes troubled and is overcome with a deep feeling of unease. Then, on the morning of one of their last few days together, Henrik makes a shallow dive and suffers fatal head and back injuries. Years later, Marie becomes a prima ballerina, but her success is dulled by the pain and devastation she still feels at the loss of her first true love. Soon, a new relationship and the discovery of an old diary will awaken old memories and force her to re-examine her past.
Waiting Women (1952)
While a group of women, all of them sisters-in-law, wait for their husbands to join them for a long-overdue reunion in an old summer villa, they talk over coffee. As their conversation turns to the subject of marriage the oldest sister, Martha (Maj-Britt Nilsson) discusses her relationship with the oldest son. Thus begins a frank and revealing series of confessions exposing past indiscretions and marital secrets. All the while, Marta's unmarried younger sister, Maj (Gerd Andersson), has wedding plans of her own...- Actors:
- Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten, Alf Kjellin, Annalisa Ericson, Georg Funkquist, Stig Olin, Mimi Pollak, Renée Björling, Gunnar Olsson, Emmy Albiin, Gerd Andersson, John Botvid, Ernst Brunman, Julia Cæsar, Eskil Eckert-Lundin, Carl-Axel Elfving, Douglas Håge, Torsten Lilliecrona, Sten Mattsson, Olav Riégo
- Directors:
- Ingmar Bergman
- Producers:
- Allan Ekelund
- Writers:
- Ingmar Bergman, Herbert Grevenius, Gun Grut
- Aka:
- Sommarlek / Kvinnors väntan
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- All the Twos: 1902-62, A Brief History of Film...
- Countries:
- Sweden
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 08/11/2021
- Run Time:
- 205 minutes
- Languages:
- Swedish LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Karin's Face (1984, 15 mins): Ingmar Bergman's short film based on pictures from his personal photo album, particularly those of his mother, Karin
- The Women and Bergman (2007, 29 mins): Eva Beling's documentary featuring Bibi Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Pernilia August and Elin Klinga
- Newly commissioned artwork by Andrew Bannister
