Question 1

How did this film get referenced in François Truffaut's The 400 Blows?

Accepted Answer

In The 400 Blows, the poster that René and Antoine steal from the cinema is of Harriet Andersson in Summer with Monika.

Question 2

Why was this Ingmar Bergman film so widely seen in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Its then ground-breaking nudity led to an American distributor buying it sight unseen and marketing it like a Russ Meyer picture, making it Bergman's most widely seen film in the US.

Question 3

Which festivals have featured Summer with Monika in their programming?

Accepted Answer

It has been featured at the Moscow International Film Festival (2018), Stockholm International Film Festival (2010), Locarno International Film Festival (1959), and Berlin International Film Festival (2011).

Question 4

What was unusual about how the archipelago scenes were filmed?

Accepted Answer

Exterior scenes in the archipelago were recorded without sound by a small working crew accommodated by parish clerk, teacher and musician Filip Olsson at Ornö.

Question 5

Who discovered actress Harriet Andersson, who plays Monika?

Accepted Answer

Harriet Andersson was discovered by Danish choreographer, ballet master and theater director Sven Aage Larsen in 1948 at Calle Flygares theater school in Stockholm when she was 16.

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