# Summer Interlude (1951)

> A guarded ballerina confronts the summer love and devastating loss that shaped her emotional life when an old diary reopens the past.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/31684

## Facts

- Runtime: 96 min
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Director: Ingmar Bergman
- Cast: Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten, Alf Kjellin, Annalisa Ericson, Georg Funkquist, Stig Olin, Mimi Pollak, Renée Björling
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044060/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: wistful, melancholic, elegiac, quiet evening, classic cinema night

## Synopsis

A poignant exploration of love and loss unfolds as a ballerina reflects on her past.

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- [Scenes from a Marriage (1974)](https://ember.film/movie/85640)
- [Hour of the Wolf (1968)](https://ember.film/movie/11028)
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- [Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)](https://ember.film/movie/787)
- [Through a Glass Darkly (1961)](https://ember.film/movie/6566)
- [A Lesson in Love (1954)](https://ember.film/movie/44821)
- [Pure (2010)](https://ember.film/movie/39980)

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