You are bidding on a brand new, sealed, never played Director Approved Special Edition dvd set of Smiles Of A Summer Night directed by Ingmar Bergman.

With a group of mismatched lovers as his collective muse, director Ingmar Bergman reaches back to turn-of-the-century Sweden's bourgeois society to deliver a full-fledged comedy. One summer evening, distinguished lawyer Fredrik Egerman brings his young wife to see a play starring his former lover Desiree. With her glamorous stage entrance and inviting smile for Fredrik, she sparks a game of love and loyalty that barely masks the deepest insecurities and ultimate desires of everyone involved. Through witty dialogue, theatrical direction, and an ensemble cast including Harriet Andersson, Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, and Gunnar Bjornstrand, Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende) captured the 1956 Grand Prix for Best Comedy at the Cannes Film Festival, marking Bergman's breakthrough success internationally.

Director-Approved Special Edition Features:

New, restored high definition digital transfer, with restored image and soud

Video introduction to the film by director Ingmar Bergman

New video conversation between Bergman scholar Peter Cowie and writer Jörn Donner, executive producer of Fanny and Alexander

Swedish theatrical trailer

New and improved English subtitle translation

PLUS: 24-page booklet featuring a new essay by theater and film critic John Simon and a 1961 review by film critic Pauline Kael

DVD is shrink-wrapped.

This dvd is Criterion Collection Spine #237.

Feature originally released 1955. Dvd released 2004 by The Criterion Collection. Approximately 108 minutes. In Swedish with optional English subtitles. Black and white. ISBN : 0-78002-871-6.