June Night

June Night
June Night
	Danish film poster
Directed by	Per Lindberg
Written by	Tora Nordström-Bonnier; Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius; Per Lindberg;
Starring	Ingrid Bergman; Marianne Löfgren; Lill-Tollie Zellman; Marianne Aminoff;
Cinematography	Åke Dahlqvist
Edited by	Oscar Rosander
Music by	Gunnar Johansson; Jules Sylvain;
Distributed by	Svensk Filmindustri
Release date	3 April 1940;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

June Night (Swedish: Juninatten) is a 1940 Swedish language drama film directed by Per Lindberg.^[1] It stars Ingrid Bergman and Marianne Löfgren.

Plot summary

A woman, involved with a sailor, is shot by him after trying to leave him. She survives, but as a result of this incident the press portray her as a tramp. To escape the press, she moves from her small home town to the big city of Stockholm, where the press eventually catch up with her.

Cast

Ingrid Bergman ... Kerstin Nordbäck - aka Sara Nordanå
Marianne Löfgren... Åsa
Lill-Tollie Zellman ... Jane Jacobs
Marianne Aminoff ... Nickan Dahlin
Olof Widgren ... Stefan von Bremen
Gunnar Sjöberg ... Nils Asklund
Gabriel Alw ... Professor Tillberg
Olof Winnerstrand ... Count
Sigurd Wallén ... Editor-in-Chief Johansson-Eldh - aka 'Röken'
Hasse Ekman ... Willy Wilson - Journalist
Maritta Marke ... Miss Vanja - Journalist
Gudrun Brost ... Mrs. Nilsson, telephone operator
John Botvid ... Gurkan
Karin Swanström ... Mrs. Cronsiöö
Carl Ström ... Doctor Berggren

References

^ Charlotte Chandler Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, A Personal Biography 71 141653914X - 2007 -"... more films in Germany ended, Ingrid started the last Swedish film she had agreed to do, June Night. The theme of the film, sexual harassment, was well ahead of its time. Juninatten (June Night, 1940) Kerstin Nordbäck (Ingrid Bergman) leads ..."

External links

June Night at IMDb
June Night at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] Charlotte Chandler Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, A Personal Biography 71 141653914X - 2007 -"... more films in Germany ended, Ingrid started the last Swedish film she had agreed to do, June Night. The theme of the film, sexual harassment, was well ahead of its time. Juninatten (June Night, 1940) Kerstin Nordbäck (Ingrid Bergman) leads ..."

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