The film which established its swedish writerdirector on the stage of world cinema 1956s smiles of a summer night is what some people would consider a contradiction in terms an ingmar bergman comedy set in the 19th century smiles features bergman stalwart gunner bjornstrand as fredrik a lawyer yet to consummate his marriage to his young wife anne he has hankerings after a former mistress the voluptuous actress desiree who is now mistress to the bellicose count malcolm whose own wi