Lovely Is the Summer Night

Lovely Is the Summer Night
Theatrical release poster
Directed byArne Mattsson
Written byMaria Lang
Based onKung Liljekonvalje av dungen
by Maria Lang
Produced byWaldemar Bergendahl
Starring
CinematographyTony Forsberg
Edited byWic Kjellin
Music byHarry Arnold
Production
company
Distributed byEuropa Film
Release date
  • 17 August 1961 (1961-08-17)
Running time
102 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Lovely Is the Summer Night (Swedish: Ljuvlig är sommarnatten) is a 1961 Swedish mystery thriller film directed by Arne Mattsson. The film stars Karl-Arne Holmsten, Christina Carlwind, Per Oscarsson and Folke Sundquist.[1][2] It was shot at the Sundbyberg Studios of Europa Film in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Bertil Duroj and Arne Åkermark. It is an adaptation of a detective novel by Dagmar Lange (Maria Lang), who wrote the script for the film herself. It is a sequel to the 1960 film When Darkness Falls.

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References

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  1. ^ Björklund & Larsson p.63
  2. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.112

Bibliography

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  • Björklund, Elisabet & Larsson, Mariah. Swedish Cinema and the Sexual Revolution: Critical Essays. McFarland, 2016.
  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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