Smiles of a Summer Night
About the text
The script for the movie of the same title that would become Bergman's international breakthrough.
C:004
[225] p. on 224 sheets; 15 x 21 cm
Handwritten script. Dated: Rättvik, May 1955
B:015
184 p., bound + Supplement
Typewritten director’s script. Dated: Rättvik, May 1955. Supplement 1: 7 pages of completions.
B:016
184 p., stapled
Typewritten script. Dated: Rättvik, May 1955. Dedication in pen ”To Bibi from Ingmar 19 June 1955.” (Please, see contract.)
B:017
182 p., stapled + Supplement
Typewritten script. Dated: Rättvik, May 1955. Supplement 1: List of telephone numbers.
F:109
[63] sheets. ; 17 x 21 cm + 4 loose sheets
Spiral notepad. On cover: "Performing a Play, Huldran, Women-girlfriends?!, The Masquerade, Women's Dream, Smiles of a Summer Night, The Woman in the Twilight, Love ye one another?, The Virgin Bower]. Drafts and notes.
The script was adapted as a serialized novella in Allers, No. 16-20, 1960. Never published in its entirety in Swedish but the script has appeared in several translations.