Summer with Monika (1953)

09/02/1953 (SE)•Drama, Romance•1h 38m

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A Picture for Wide Screens and Broad Minds.

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Monika from Stockholm falls in love with Harry, a young man on holiday. When she becomes pregnant they are forced into a marriage, which begins to fall apart soon after they take up residence in a cramped little flat.

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Harriet Andersson
Monika Eriksson
Lars Ekborg
Harry Lund
Dagmar Ebbesen
Mrs. Lindström
Åke Fridell
Ludwig Eriksson
Naemi Briese
Monika's Mother
Åke Grönberg
Harry's Friend at Work
Sigge Fürst
Johan
John Harryson
Lelle
Georg Skarstedt
Harry's Father

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A review by CRCulver

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Written by CRCulver on Jun 5, 2018

In Ingmar Bergman's 1953 film SOMMAREN MED MONIKA (The Summer with Monika), young, idealistic Harry (Lars Ekborg) meets the freespirited Monika (Harriet Andersson). Fed up with their dull stockroom jobs as midsummer approaches, they quit and and escape together to one of the myriad islands in the Stockholm archipelago. But while Harry is keen to get back to civilization and further his education in order to support the child they will soon have, Harriet thinks little of the future, pursuing her own whims of the moment. Harry is definitely the protagonist here, and receives the sympathy of the ...