Compilation/Packaged Set: A Midsummer Night's Dream

I have gathered together into this collection all the films in my catalogue that are either of or based on William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream:

Plays

  1. 1935 Dir. Max Reinhardt
  2. 1969 Dir. Peter Hall
  3. 1999 Dir. Michael Hoffman
  4. 2014 Dir. Julie Taymor
  5. 2016 Dir. David Kerr

Ballets

  1. 1999 Pacific Northwest Ballet Company (Balanchine)
  2. 2004 American Ballet Theater (Ashton)
  3. 2007 Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company (Balanchine)

Opera

  1. 1981 Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Britten)

Adaptations

  1. 1910 Midsummer Night's Dream (silent, short)
  2. 1955 Smiles Of A Summer Night (Bergman)
  3. 1982 A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (Allen)
  4. 2008 Were The World Mine (Gustafson)

‡ A compilation of Puck's epilogue as performed in various productions: YouTube

‡ Films based on A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wikipedia

Smiles Of A Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende)
Criterion/Voyager (1955)
Comedy, Foreign, Romance
In Collection
#1168
0*
Seen It:  No
037429193921
IMDB   7.9
108 mins Sweden / Swedish
DVD  Region 1
Ulla Jacobsson Anne Egerman
Eva Dahlbeck Desiree Armfeldt
Harriet Andersson Petra the Maid
Margit Carlqvist Countess Charlotte Malcolm
Gunnar Bjornstrand Fredrik Egerman
Jarl Kulle Count Carl Magnus Malcolm
Ake Fridell Frid the Groom
Bjorn Bjelfvenstam Henrik Egerman
Naima Wifstrand Mrs. Armfeldt
Jullan Kindahl Beata, cook
Gull Natorp Malla
Birgitta Valberg Actress
Bibi Andersson Actress
Director
Ingmar Bergman
Producer Allan Ekelund
Writer Ingmar Bergman
Cinematography Gunnar Fischer
Music Erik Nordgren


Sommarnattens leende (Smiles of a Summer Night) is a 1955 Swedish comedy film directed by Ingmar Bergman. The film's plot – which involves switching partners on a summer's night – has been adapted many times, most notably the theatrical musical A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler and Harold Prince, which opened on Broadway in 1973, and in Woody Allen's film A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982).
Edition Details
Edition The Criterion Collection
Original Title Sommarnattens leende
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 10/30/2017
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Store Amazon.com
Purchase Price $27.79
Condition New
Links + RTeview: Roger Ebert (2012)
+ Commentary: Joyous Bard: 5 Best Film Adaptations of A Midsummer Night's Dream
‡ Commentary: TCM
Smiles Of A Summer Night at Core for Movies
IMDB
TheMovieDb.org