Summer with Monika

Bergman does what he can with the material he's got. A young couple runs off to an island for a brief, idyllic affair. It's a film that simmers with the heat of youthful indiscretion, before admitting that life goes on.

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Ingmar Bergman directed Summer with Monika in 1953. See Ingmar Bergman's full filmography, where to start with Ingmar Bergman, or where to go after you've seen everything by Ingmar Bergman.

Summer with Monika was released in 1953 (SV original-language production), with a runtime of 98 minutes.