Summer with Monika (1953)

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Original title	Sommaren med Monika
Swedish release title	Sommaren med Monika
International title	Summer with Monika
Distribution title	Summer with Monika (Storbritannien) Die Zeit mit Monika (Västtyskland) Monika (Frankrike) Un été avec Monika (Frankrike) Monika et le désir (Frankrike) Sommeren med Monika (Norge) Sommeren med Monika (Danmark) Kesä Monikan kanssa (Finland) Un verano con Monica (Spanien) Monika, the Story of a Bad Girl (USA) Furyo shojo Monika (Japan) Ljato s Monika (Bulgarien) Monika’yla bir yaz (Turkiet) Літо з Монікою (Ukraina) Wakacje z Moniką (Polen) Léto s Monikou (Tjeckoslovakien) Een zomer met Monika (Nederländerna) Egy nyár Mónikával (Ungern) Somer met Monika (Sydafrika) Лета з Монікай (Vitryssland) Лято с Моника (Bulgarien) L'estiu amb Monika (Spanien - Katalonien) Suvi Monikaga (Estland) Καλοκαίρι με τη Μόνικα (Grekland) Ljeto s Monikom (Kroatien) Monica e il desiderio (Italien) קיץ עם מוניקה (Israel) Vasara su Monika (Litauen) Monika e o desejo (Brasilien) Mónica e o desejo (Portugal) Лето с Моникой (Ryssland) Leto s Monikou (Slovenien)
Title for Swedish Video release	Sommaren med Monika
Script title	En sommar med Monika

Director	Ingmar Bergman
Screenplay	Per Anders Fogelström Ingmar Bergman
Production Manager	Allan Ekelund
Director of Photography	Gunnar Fischer
Music	Erik Nordgren (originalmusik) Eskil Eckert-Lundin (originalmusik) Walle Söderlund (originalmusik)
Art Director	P.A. Lundgren
Film Editor	Tage Holmberg Gösta Lewin
Production Mixer	Sven Hansen
Script Supervisor	Birgit Norlindh
Unit Manager	Tor Borong
First Assistant Cameraman	Bengt Nordwall
Still Photographer	Louis Huch (ateljéfoto)
Musical Arrangement	Erik Nordgren
Conductor	Eskil Eckert-Lundin
Costume Designer	Barbro Sörman
Boom Operator	Eskil Lindberg
Re-recording Mixer	Sven Persson (as Sven Rudestedt)

Harriet Andersson	Monika Eriksson, 17 år
Lars Ekborg	Harry Lund, 19 år
Dagmar Ebbesen	fru Lindström, Harrys faster
Åke Fridell	Ludvig "Ludde" Eriksson, Monikas far
Naemi Briese	Monikas mor
Åke Grönberg	verkmästaren, Harrys arbetskamrat
Sigge Fürst	Johan, lagerbasen på Forsbergs Glas & Porslinsvaru AB
John Harryson	Lelle, Harrys rival
-	Ej krediterade:
Georg Skarstedt	Harrys far
Gösta Ericsson	Forsberg, direktör för glas- och porslinsvarufirman
Gösta Gustafson	Forsbergs kamrer
Gösta Prüzelius	försäljare hos Forsbergs
Göthe Grefbo	lagerarbetare hos Forsbergs
Arthur Fischer	chef för grönsakslagret
Torsten Lilliecrona	chaufför på grönsakslagret
Bengt Eklund	förste man på grönsakslagret
Hans Ellis	Svensson, springpojke på grönsakslagret
Ivar Wahlgren	Göran, villaägare i skärgården
Renée Björling	Görans fru
Catrin Westerlund	Görans dotter
Carl-Uno Larsson	Hasse, Monikas yngre bror
Hanny Schedin	fru Boman, innehavarinna av kafé 12:an
Kjell Nordenskiöld	hjälten i filmen "Sången om kärlek"		(röst: John Padovano)
Margaret Young	hjältinnan i filmen "Sången om kärlek"
Nils Hultgren	Lindevall, kyrkoherde
Ernst Brunman	tobakshandlare
Sten Mattsson	Harrys kompis på verkstaden
Magnus Kesster	Harrys arbetskamrat i tågkupén
Carl-Axel Elfving	Harrys arbetskamrat i tågkupén
Bengt Brunskog	Monikas kavaljer på kaféet
Wiktor "Kulörten" Andersson	ölgubbe tillsammans med Monikas far
Birger Sahlberg	ölgubbe tillsammans med Monikas far
Nils Whiten	lumphandlare
Tor Borong	lumphandlare
Einar Söderbäck	lumphandlare
Mona Geijer-Falkner	en fru på gården som klagar över Erikssons barn
Astrid Bodin	en fru i gårdsfönstret
Gun Östring	sköterska på BB
Sven Löfgren	lastbilschauffören bakom Harry vid järnvägsövergången
Uno Larsson	en man med basker på gården som talar med tobakshandlaren
Marianne Lindén	June, Monikas och Harrys lilla dotter
-	Bortklippta i den slutliga filmen:
Harry Ahlin	villaägaren (bortklippt)
Jessie Flaws	villaägarens dotter (bortklippt)
Mona Åstrand	en flicka (bortklippt)
Gordon Löwenadler	en av Monikas kavaljerer (bortklippt)
Anders Andelius	en av Monikas kavaljerer (bortklippt)
Gustaf Färingborg	en man på grönsakslagret (bortklippt)

Production Company	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri	1953
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2017
Distributor in Sweden (Video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1998
Distributor in Sweden (buy video)	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1998
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2005
Laboratory	AB Svensk Filmindustris filmlaboratorium
Make-up Supervisor	Firma Carl M. Lundh AB

A young working-class couple fall in love, escape from the city and spend the summer in the Stockholm archipelago. Inevitably, the pair is forced to return to reality as their summer adventure ends.

Censorship number	81857
Date	1962
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2640 meters
Censored length	2630 meters

Censorship number	81857
Date	1956
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2640 meters
Censored length	2630 meters

Censorship number	81857
Date	1953-02-06
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2640 meters
Censored length	2630 meters
Notes	I akt 1: råa sparkar mot den knockade Harry (3 m). I akt 3: bröstsmekningen efter spritorgien (7 m). Granskningskopians aktindelning före censurklipp: 525-570-575-550-420 = 2640 m - 96 minuter. Visningskopiornas aktindelning efter censurklipp: 522-570-568-550-420 = 2630 m - 96 minuter. Aktlängder: 525, 570, 575, 550, 420.

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	2640 meters
Reels	5 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

Original title	Sommaren med Monika (Youth novel)
Author	Per Anders Fogelström

				1952-07-22	1952-10-06
Filmstaden	Råsunda	Sweden	(ateljé)
Bodskär sydost om Ornö	Haninge	Sweden
Borgen sydost om Ornö	Haninge	Sweden
Sadelöga sydost om Ornö	Haninge	Sweden
Stockholms hamninlopp	Stockholm	Sweden
Södermalm	Stockholm	Sweden
Strömmen	Stockholm	Sweden
Riddarfjärden	Stockholm	Sweden
Ornö	Haninge	Sweden

Release in Sweden	1953-02-09	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	96 min
First showing	1953-02-09	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	96 min
	1953-02-09	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	96 min
Other showing	1959		Warsaw	Poland
Cinematheque screening	1973-09-19			Sweden
TV showing	1977-01-22	TV2		Sweden	92 min
Cinematheque screening	1980-04-10			Sweden
	1980-04-11			Sweden
	1984-01-22			Sweden
	1984-01-25			Sweden
Other showing	1990-06-26
TV showing	1990-11-17	Kanal 1		Sweden	92 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	1992-05-23
	1992-05-29
Cinematheque screening	1994-09-27			Sweden
	1994-09-30			Sweden
	1995-09-01			Sweden
	1995-09-03			Sweden
	1997-04-24		Gothenburg	Sweden
TV showing	1998-06-16	SVT1		Sweden	92 min
Video release	1998-12			Sweden	92 min
TV showing	2003-06-22	SVT2		Sweden	92 min
Cinematheque screening	2003-08-19	Draken	Gothenburg	Sweden	96 min
	2003-08-23	Spegeln	Malmö	Sweden	96 min
	2003-09-18	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	96 min
	2003-09-21	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	96 min
TV showing	2005-03-21	SVT1		Sweden	92 min
DVD release	2005-05-11			Sweden	92 min
Cinematheque screening	2007-10-07	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden
TV showing	2008-10-14	SVT1		Sweden	92 min
Festival showing	2010-11-21	Norrmalmstorg	Stockholm	Sweden	90 min	21st Stockholm International Film Festival. Utomhusvisning.
TV showing	2011-07-11	SVT1		Sweden
Filmhusetvisning	2012-03-17
TV showing	2012-04-24	SVT1		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2016-07-21
	2016-11-02
	2016-11-03
	2016-11-23
	2016-11-26
	2016-11-27
Censurbeslut	2017-03
TV showing	2017-08-22	SVT1		Sweden
Censurbeslut	2018-01-02	British Film Institute	London	United Kingdom
	2018-01-06		London
	2018-01-11		London
	2018-01-13		London
	2018-01-14
	2018-01-19
	2018-01-21		London
Other showing	2018-02-01	Janus Films	New York	USA
Censurbeslut	2018-02-01
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-02-21	Biograf Kannusali	Espoo	Finland
Censurbeslut	2018-03-08	Jerusalem Cinematheque	Jerusalem	Israel
	2018-03-11		Jerusalem
	2018-03-14		Jerusalem
	2018-03-17		Jerusalem
Cinematheque screening	2018-03-28
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2018-03-28
Censurbeslut	2018-04-08	La Cinemathèque québécoise	Montreal	Canada
	2018-04-19	Cinema Orion	Helsinki	Finland
	2018-04-22		Helsinki
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-05-08	Kino Metso	Jyväskylä	Finland
	2018-05-10		Kristiansand
	2018-05-10		Lillehammer
	2018-05-10		Stavanger
	2018-05-10		Trondheim
	2018-05-10		Bergen
	2018-05-10		Tromsö
	2018-05-14		Kristiansand
	2018-05-14		Lillehammer
	2018-05-14		Stavanger
	2018-05-14		Trondheim
	2018-05-14		Bergen
	2018-05-14		Tromsö
Censurbeslut	2018-05-15	Cinemateket NFI	Oslo	Norway
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-05-18		Trondheim
	2018-05-20	Kino Ritz	Vaasa	Finland
Censurbeslut	2018-05-20		Oslo
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-06-15	Filmpodium	Zürich	Switzerland
TV showing	2018-06-22	SVT1		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-06-27	Art-kino	Rijeka	Croatia
	2018-06-28	FJ Cines, CineSesc	São Paulo	Brazil
	2018-07-01		Zürich
	2018-07-06	Babylon	Berlin	Germany
	2018-07-07		Zürich
	2018-07-12	Kijkhuis	Leiden	The Netherlands
	2018-07-12	Metropolis	Hamburg	Germany
	2018-07-14		Hamburg
	2018-07-19		Berlin
	2018-07-21		Berlin
	2018-07-23		Berlin
	2018-07-28		Berlin
	2018-07-31		Berlin
	2018-08-03		Berlin
Censurbeslut	2018-08-05
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-08-10		Berlin
Censurbeslut	2018-08-15	Slovenska kinoteka	Ljubljana	Slovenia
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-08-23	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival	Taipei	Taiwan
	2018-08-24	Stadtkino Basel	Basel	Switzerland
	2018-08-27		Taipei
	2018-09-02	Filmhaus Nürnberg - kommkino	Nuremberg	Germany
	2018-09-02	Kino Kuvakukko	Kuopio	Finland
	2018-09-02		Basel
	2018-09-05		Taipei
	2018-09-07		Nuremberg
	2018-09-10	Kino Rex	Bern	Switzerland
	2018-09-13	Films by the sea	Vlissingen	The Netherlands
	2018-09-17		Bern
	2018-09-20	Espaço Itaú de Cinema	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
	2018-09-23		Rio de Janeiro
	2018-09-24		Bern
	2018-09-30		Basel
	2018-10-03	Kinok – Cinema in der Lokremise	St.Gallen	Switzerland
	2018-10-08	LAB111	Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2018-10-11		Amsterdam
	2018-10-14		Amsterdam
	2018-10-17		Amsterdam
Censurbeslut	2018-10-21
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-10-26	Bio Rex Kajaani	Kajaani	Finland
Censurbeslut	2018-11-02	ENTE MOSTRA INT.LE DEL CINEMA LIBERO - CINEMA LUMIERE Ufficio spedizioni	Bologna	Italy
	2018-11-03	Det Danske Filminstitut	Copenhagen	Denmark
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2018-11-25	International Film Festival of Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	India
	2018-12-01	International Film Festival of Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	India
Censurbeslut	2018-12-19		Copenhagen
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2019-01-22
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2019-07-12					DCP Unique
Censurbeslut	2019-08-20
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2019-09-03
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2019-10-18
Censurbeslut	2020-07-07			Germany
TV showing	2022-01-22	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-02-07	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-02-14	SVT1		Sweden
	2022-03-02	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Censurbeslut	2022-05-21		Copenhagen	Denmark		DCP Unique
TV showing	2022-05-22	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2022-07-03		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2022-07-10		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2022-07-17		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2022-07-20		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
TV showing	2022-07-31	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2022-10-03		Bergen	Norway
TV showing	2022-10-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2022-11-04		Hangö	Finland
TV showing	2022-11-13	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-12-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden	96 min
	2023-01-21	SF Kanalen		Sweden	96 min
	2023-02-06	SF Kanalen		Sweden	96 min
	2023-03-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-03-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-03-17		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2023-04-05		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2023-04-17		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2023-05-06		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2023-05-14		Seoul	Sydkorea
TV showing	2023-05-21	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-05-23		Seoul	Sydkorea
	2023-05-26		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
Festival showing, Sweden	2023-06-26		Fårö	Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2023-06-27		Hamburg	Germany
Festival showing, Sweden	2023-06-28		Fårö	Sweden
	2023-06-30		Fårö	Sweden
TV showing	2023-07-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden
VOD release	2023-08-04	SVT Play		Sweden		Antal dagar på SVT Play 30
TV showing	2023-08-08	SVT1		Sweden
	2023-10-15	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-12	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-25	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-01-20	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-02-05	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-02-28	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-03-14	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-05-19	SF Kanalen		Sweden
Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF	2024-07-04		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2024-07-04		Haarlem	The Netherlands
	2024-07-11		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2024-07-11		Haarlem	The Netherlands
	2024-07-18		Haarlem	The Netherlands
	2024-07-18		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2024-07-25		Amsterdam	The Netherlands
	2024-07-25		Haarlem	The Netherlands
TV showing	2024-07-28	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-10-09	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-11-10	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2024-12-23	SF Kanalen		Sweden

Original title	Kärlekens hamn
Composer	Filip Olsson	(1952)

Original title	In My Dream Garden
Composer	Gordon Rayner

Original title	Om stråkarna kunde sjunga om Wien
Composer	Harry Lundqvist	(1950)
Lyrics	Harry Lundqvist	(1950)

Original title	Sankt Örjanslåten

Original title	Blume von Hawaii
Composer	Paul Abraham	(1931)
Lyrics	Nalle Halldén	(svensk text 1932)
	S.S. Wilson	(svensk text 1932)
	Paul Abraham	(tysk text 1931)

Original title	'O sole mio!
Composer	Eduardo Di Capua	(1898)
	Alfredo Mazzucchi	(1898)
Lyrics	Giovanni Capurro	(italiensk text 1898)
	Sven Nyblom	(svensk text 1901)

Original title	An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314
Composer	Johann Strauss d.y.	(1867)

Original title	Wiener Blut (vals), op. 354
Composer	Johann Strauss d.y.	(1873)

Original title	Helan går
Singer	Harriet Andersson
	Lars Ekborg

Original title	Tango
Composer	Hans Wallin
Lyrics	Gardar

Original title	Ragtime
Composer	Reinhold Svensson

Från spex till sex (1971)	Citation included from	Summer with Monika (1953)
Minns ni? (1993)	Citation included from	Summer with Monika (1953)

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

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Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2526

Element type	Print
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Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2614

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

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Element type	Intermediate audio recording
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Element type	Original picture negative
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Sound negative
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Element type	Final mix
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Carrier type	35 mm

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

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	SOMMAREN MED MONIKA
Tryckeri	Zetterlund & Thelanders boktryckeri AB

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Ingmar Bergmans världssuccés SOMMAREN MED MONIKA
Tryckeri	Kopia
Designed by	Ranke Sandgren

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Harriet Andersson och Lars Ekborg i SOMMAREN MED MONIKA
Tryckeri	Fotopress

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Harriet Andersson och Lars Ekborg i SOMMAREN MED MONIKA
Tryckeri	Fotopress

Size	About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Harriet Andersson och Lars ekborg i SOMMAREN MED MONIKA
Tryckeri	Fotopress

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	DIE ZEIT MIT MONIKA

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	En sommar med Monika.
Extent	124 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Manuscript: Per Anders Fogelström.
Extent	16 s. Produktionsuppgifter och innehållsbeskrivning (1 s.) ingår.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	17 s. Produktionsuppgifter och innehållsbeskrivning (1 s.) ingår.
Language	German

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	En sommar med Monika.
Extent	124 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Manuscript: Per Anders Fogelström.
Extent	16 s. Produktionsuppgifter och innehållsbeskrivning (1 s.) ingår.
Language	English

Black and white print	set
Colour prints	No
Behind the scenes prints	20
Slides	No
Digital images	Yes
Album	Yes

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
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Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
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Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
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Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

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