---
title: 'A Summer Story (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Piers Haggard'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-summer-story-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096189/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Summer Story (1988)

1988 · 92 min · Romance · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

A Summer Story is a 1988 British drama film directed by Piers Haggard and written by Penelope Mortimer, based on John Galsworthy’s 1916 short story "The Apple Tree". Starring James Wilby, Imogen Stubbs and Susannah York, the plot takes place in 1902 and 1920, wherein a young gentleman visiting a rural area had an intense love affair with a village girl. Eighteen years later, he is passing that way again.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Piers Haggard](https://cinepixo.com/people/piers-haggard)
- **Screenplay:** [Penelope Mortimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/penelope-mortimer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Delerue](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-delerue)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kenneth MacMillan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-macmillan)

## Cast

- [Sophie Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophie-ward)
- [Imogen Stubbs](https://cinepixo.com/people/imogen-stubbs)
- [Camilla Power](https://cinepixo.com/people/camilla-power)
- [Sukie Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/sukie-smith)
- [Susannah York](https://cinepixo.com/people/susannah-york)
- [Jerome Flynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerome-flynn)
- [James Wilby](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-wilby)
- [Kenneth Colley](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-colley)

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