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Summertime(Movie, 1955)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 40min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
SummertimeRating: 3.5/5 (with 5757 votes)
Summertime is a 1955 romantic comedy drama film directed by David Lean, and starring Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin, and Isa Miranda. It follows a lonely middle-aged American secretary and her experiences touring Venice alone for the first time, during which she falls in love with an Italian antiques dealer. Lean co-wrote the screenplay with H.E. Bates, based on the play The Time of the Cuckoo by Arthur Laurents. The film was shot on location in Venice in 1954 on Eastmancolor negative film with processing and prints by Technicolor. A co-production between the United States, United Kingdom, and Italy, Summertime was released theatrically by United Artists in the U.S. on June 21, 1955, and premiered in the United Kingdom later that Autumn under the alternative title Summer Madness. ()
Movie poster of Summertime

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Awards & Nominations for Summertime

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Director

About Summertime

Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she does, she uses her savings to finance a summer in romantic Venice, where she finally meets the man of her dreams, the elegant Renato Di Rossi.

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Trailer for Summertime + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Official Trailer(Trailer, 2:25)

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Additional Information

Shot in: Venice
Plays in: Italy
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Italian (IT)
Translated into 17 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 01/01/1955
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Венеция през лятото"
"Quando o Coração Floresce"
"春心托杜鹃"
"Der Traum meines Lebens"
"Summer Madness"
"썸머타임"
"여수"
Budget: 1,100,000 USD
Revenue: 2,000,000 USD (= 182%)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:193286, Added: 04/24/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024