''June Night'' ( sv, Juninatten) is a 1940 Swedish language

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has b ...

film directed by

Per Lindberg Per Lindberg (5 March 1890 – 7 February 1944) was a Swedish theatre and film director. Biography Lindberg was born in Stockholm as the son of the actress Augusta Lindberg and the actor, theater director and manager August Lindberg. His sister ...

.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 ..." It stars Ingrid Bergman and

Marianne Löfgren Marianne Löfgren (24 February 1910 – 4 September 1957) was a Swedish actress. She played in Åke Ohberg's ''Elvira Madigan'' (1943), director Ingmar Bergman's debut ''Crisis'' in 1946, Hasse Ekman's '' Girl with Hyacinths'' (1950) and i ...

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 *

... Åsa * Lill-Tollie Zellman ... Jane Jacobs *

Marianne Aminoff Marianne Aminoff (21 September 1916 – 14 April 1984) was a Swedish film actress. She was born in Uddevalla, Sweden and died in Stockholm. Partial filmography * ''John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads'' (1937) - Mary * '' Thunder and Li ...

... Nickan Dahlin * Olof Widgren ... Stefan von Bremen * Gunnar Sjöberg ... Nils Asklund *

Gabriel Alw Gabriel Alw (25 December 1889 – 9 November 1946) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1915 and 1946. Selected filmography * ''The Price of Betrayal'' (1915) * ''Ingmar's Inheritance'' (1925) * ''To the Orien ...

... Professor Tillberg *

Olof Winnerstrand Carl Olof Magnus Winnerstrand (26 August 1875 – 16 July 1956) was a Swedish actor. Biography Born in a bourgeois home in Stockholm, Winnerstrand was a son of the well-known Stockholm goldsmith and jeweller C.A. Winnerstrand, and started ...

... Count *

Sigurd Wallén Sigurd Richard Engelbrekt Wallén (1 September 188420 March 1947) was a Swedish actor, film director, and singer.Hasse Ekman Hasse Ekman (born Hans Gösta Ekman; 10September 191515February 2004) was a Swedish director, actor, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Biography Hasse Ekman is probably Sweden's most successful and critically acclaimed film ...

... Willy Wilson - Journalist * Maritta Marke ... Miss Vanja - Journalist * Gudrun Brost ... Mrs. Nilsson, telephone operator *

John Botvid John Botvid (12 September 1889 – 20 February 1964) was a Swedish actor and comedian. Biography John Botvid Börjesson was born at Gothenburg, Sweden. Botvid debuted as a film actor in 1917. He was frequently featured on the movie screen duri ...

... Gurkan * Karin Swanström ... Mrs. Cronsiöö *

Carl Ström Carl Ström (18 June 1888 – 18 November 1957) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1923 and 1955. Selected filmography * '' Iron Will'' (1923) * '' Gustaf Wasa'' (1928) * ''Cavaliers of the Crown'' (1930) ...

... Doctor Berggren

References

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* * * Swedish black-and-white films 1940s Swedish-language films 1940 films 1940 drama films Swedish drama films Films directed by Per Lindberg 1940s Swedish films {{1940s-Sweden-film-stub