
The Red Shoes(1948)
A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.


“An intimate love story—frank, fresh, and delightful in its telling!”
During a brief summer vacation, a lonely woman recalls her first love thirteen years earlier.

Maj-Britt Nilsson
Marie

Birger Malmsten
Henrik

Alf Kjellin
David Nyström

Annalisa Ericson
Kaj

Georg Funkquist
Uncle Erland

Stig Olin
Ballet instructor

Mimi Pollak
Mrs Calwagen

Renée Björling
Aunt Elisabeth

Gunnar Olsson
Priest

Julia Cæsar
Maja
Summer Interlude is a drama, romance film released in 1951 exploring themes of island, diary, ballet dancer, ballet, memory, tragic romance. Directed by Ingmar Bergman, it stars Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten, Alf Kjellin. During a brief summer vacation, a lonely woman recalls her first love thirteen years earlier.
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