Product Details

• Actors: Harriet Andersson, Åke Fridell, Lars Ekborg, Dagmar Ebbesen, Naemi Briese
• Directors: Ingmar Bergman
• Producers: the Story of a Bad Girl ) Summer With Monica ( Sommaren med Monika ) ( Monika, Summer With Monica, Sommaren med Monika, the Story of a Bad Girl Monika
• Format: Import, PAL, Subtitled
• Language: Swedish
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Tartan Video
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000F2SDCK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,709 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Swedish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Production Notes, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Harry Lund, 19 years old, works at a stock-room for glass and porcelain. In the vicinity works 17 year old Monika at a stock-room for vegetables. Monika is a cheerful and happy young woman and when she sees Harry at a cafe she starts to talk with him. They fall in love with each other. Because of their age, they are both harassed at their respective places of work. Monika has an argument with her father and leaves her home, Harry has an argument with his boss and quits. Since they have nothing that ties them to the city, they take Harry's small boat to the archipelago to be alone for a few weeks. ...Summer With Monica ( Sommaren med Monika ) ( Monika, the Story of a Bad Girl )

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Story of Romeo and Juliet Told by Bergman, March 27, 2007

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Galina (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summer With Monika (Sommaren med Monika) (Monika, the Story of a Bad Girl) [Region 0] (DVD)

What started as a story of idyllic summer of love and journey, shared between very young Harry and Monica, became an interesting study of relationship that had to survive the demands of real world after the journey was over.

I kept thinking while watching this film what would've happened to Romeo and Juliet (who were close by age to film's heroes Monica, 17 and Harry, 19) had they been given a chance to live happily ever after. Would they be able to love each other after the reality of marriage would fight with their eternal love, when the baby is crying all night long and there is no money to pay a rent, and young and tender Juliet has learned about power and pleasures of sex but her Romeo is always out working, trying to make enough money to support her and the child? Would Juliet get bored and angry with Romeo for leaving her home alone? Would she start looking for fun elsewhere? Would be Romeo left heartbroken and bitter or would the memories of that unforgettable summer with his Juliet - Monica still stay with him as the best time of his life?

Beautiful film with wonderful Harriet Andersson as a sultry teenager Monica, full of life, rebellious against her boring existence at home, ready for all pleasures of adult life but not ready for responsibilities of a wife and a mother. Will she learn? Will she remember the summer with Harry? Bergman, as usual, does not answer the questions. He never does. He tells the story - we are the ones who are left with unanswered questions.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars INGMAR BERGMAN, OPUS 12, November 24, 2007

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Daniel S. "Daniel" (Geneva, Switzerland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summer With Monika (Sommaren med Monika) (Monika, the Story of a Bad Girl) [Region 0] (DVD)

**** 1953. Co-written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Two teenagers spend the summer in the country after having left their job and their family. When they return to Stockholm, Monika is pregnant and Harry must now find a way to support his family. Two years after Summer Interlude (Sommarlek) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Great Britain ], Ingmar Bergman describes another figure of woman. But if the summer Marie spends with Henrik will leave a lasting souvenir in the youg woman's heart, Monika will soon forget the idyllic weeks spent with Harry and will not bear the prosaic return to the real world. A movie about innocence and responsibility that will leave you hating reality. Once more.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classics are made of this., November 8, 2006

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Khushnood Irani (California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Summer With Monika (Sommaren med Monika) (Monika, the Story of a Bad Girl) [Region 0] (DVD)

One of the best films of Ingmar Bergman, every penny spent on this movie is worth it. Once seen never forgotten. Story of realistic love, genuinely portrayed on the silver screen. Real visualization of an era gone by.