| Original Title: Sommarlek Director: Ingmar Bergman Runtime: 96 mins Year: 1951 Country: Sweden Language: Swedish Subtitle: English Colour: Black and White Speciality: First love never dies, but something dies with first love. A haunting tribute to first love and how its tragedy can effect ones entire life. Palador DVD Code: PFE0021b1 Available As: Part of ‘World Cinema Box Set ’ |
Marie, a student at the Opera Ballet School, falls in love with Henrik on a boat trip. But their idyllic summer vacation comes to a sudden end when Henrik dies from injuries suffered in a diving accident. Marie drifts into an affair with her old uncle, Erland. Ten years later, Marie, bordering on the edge of her career as a professional dancer, ponders on the mistakes she has made in life as a result of Henrik's traumatic death. Maj-Britt Nilsson . Birger Malmsten Alf Kjellin Annalisa Ericson "The sense of fate that descends over the drama is very much Bergman's own Dave Kehr, CHICAGO READER |