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Summertime ()

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An American spinster's dream of romance finally becomes a bittersweet reality when she meets a handsome--but married--Italian man while vacationing in Venice.
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  • Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations.
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Jane Hudson
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Renato de Rossi
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Signora Fiorini
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Eddie Yaeger
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Phyl Yaeger
Jane Rose ...
Mrs. McIlhenny
MacDonald Parke ...
Mr. McIlhenny
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Vito de Rossi
Gaetano Autiero ...
Mauro
Virginia Simeon ...
Giovanna
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Man at Café (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
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Teenage Girl (uncredited)
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Englishman (uncredited)
Angelo Puppin ...
Man that falls into canal (uncredited)

Directed by

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David Lean

Written by

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Arthur Laurents ... (based on the original play "The Time of the Cuckoo")
 
H.E. Bates ... (screenplay) &
David Lean ... (screenplay)
 
Donald Ogden Stewart ... () (uncredited)

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Ilya Lopert ... producer
Norman Spencer ... associate producer

Music by

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Alessandro Cicognini

Cinematography by

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Jack Hildyard ... (photographed entirely in Venice by)

Editing by

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Peter Taylor

Production Design by

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Vincent Korda

Costume Design by

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Rosi Gori ... (uncredited)

Makeup Department

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Grazia De Rossi ... hairdresser (as Grazia de Rossi)
Cesare Gambarelli ... makeup artist (as Cesare Gamberelli)

Production Management

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Raymond Anzarut ... production manager
Franco Magli ... production manager

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Alberto Cardone ... assistant director
Adrian Pryce-Jones ... assistant director

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Ferdinand Bellan ... assistant art director
William Hutchinson ... assistant art director (as Bill Hutchinson)
Italo Tomassi ... manager of art department (uncredited)

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John Cox ... sound re-recordist
Peter Handford ... sound recordist
Winston Ryder ... sound editor
Jacqueline Thiédot ... sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department

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Archie Dansie ... chief electrician
Peter Newbrook ... camera operator

Script and Continuity Department

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Maggie Unsworth ... continuity (as Margaret Shipway)
Pamela Mann ... continuity (uncredited)

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Walter Fried ... presented on Broadway by
Robert J. Kingsley ... assistant to producer
Robert Whitehead ... presented on Broadway by
Walter Fried ... producer: original stage production (uncredited)
Pamela Mann ... producer's secretary (uncredited) / production secretary (uncredited)
Robert Whitehead ... producer: original stage production (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

The American secretary Jane Hudson (Katharine Hepburn) travels from Ohio to Venice. Jane is a middle-age single and lonely woman that has saved money for her dream trip. On the arrival, she immediately befriends the owner of the boarding house Signora Fiorini (Isa Miranda). During the night, she goes to a café and an Italian helps her to call the waiter. Jane feels sort of uncomfortable for being alone and on the next day, she sees a red glass goblet in the window of an antique store. The owner, Renato de Rossi (Rossano Brazzi), who is the man that helped her, explains that it is an ancient goblet from the eighteenth century and therefore expensive. Then he also explains that she should always bargain for a lower price in Venice. Jane recognizes Renato from the previous night and becomes clumsy. Soon Renato woos her, but the needy Jane is afraid to love. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines It Happens to Hepburn - It Happens in Venice! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Summer Madness (United Kingdom)
  • David Lean's Production of Summertime (United States)
  • Summer Madness (South Africa, English title)
  • Vacances à Venise (France)
  • Traum meines Lebens (Germany)
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  • 102 min
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Trivia Katharine Hepburn was more than impressed with her experience working with director Sir David Lean. She even asked to sit in on the editing sessions with him to watch him at work. In her autobiography, she wrote, "(Summertime) was told with great simplicity in the streets, in the Piazza San Marco. We would shoot in tiny streets only a few feet wide. The sun would come and go in a matter of minutes. It was a very emotional part, and I tell you I had to be on my toes to give David enough of what he wanted practically on call. But it was thrilling... He seemed to me to simply absorb Venice. It was his. He had a real photographic gift. He thought in a descriptive way. His shots tell the story. He was capable of a sort of super concentration. It made a very deep and definite impression on me, and he was one of the most interesting directors I ever worked with. Wasn't I lucky to work with him?" See more »
Goofs When Jane first enters her hotel room; there is a scenic shot of the lagoon including a ship and a motor boat passing a Cathedral. However in the close-up shot of Jane along with the lagoon; there are now no boats or ships on the water. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963). See more »
Soundtracks Summertime In Venice See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits are shown over various paintings, where the subjects are European scenes. See more »
Quotes Renato de Rossi: You are like a hungry child who is given ravioli to eat. 'No' you say, 'I want beefsteak!' My dear girl, you are hungry. Eat the ravioli.
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