June Night Explained

June Night should not be confused with June Knight.

June Night
Director:Per Lindberg
Cinematography:Åke Dahlqvist
Editing:Oscar Rosander
Distributor:Svensk Filmindustri
Runtime: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

Notes and References

  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 ..."