---
title: 'Summertime (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Lean'
released: '1955-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Italy'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/summertime-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048673/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Summertime (1955)

1955 · 100 min · Drama, Romance · United Kingdom, Italy, United States


## Synopsis

Summertime is a 1955 romantic 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [David Lean](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lean)
- **Screenplay:** [David Lean](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lean), [Donald Ogden Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-ogden-stewart), [Arthur Laurents](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-laurents), [H. E. Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/h-e-bates)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alessandro Cicognini](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-cicognini)
- **Producer:** [Alexander Korda](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-korda), [Ilya Lopert](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilya-lopert)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack Hildyard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hildyard)
- **Editor:** [Peter Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-taylor)

## Cast

- [Tanya Lopert](https://cinepixo.com/people/tanya-lopert)
- [André Morell](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-morell)
- [Jane Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-rose)
- [Rossano Brazzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/rossano-brazzi)
- [Darren McGavin](https://cinepixo.com/people/darren-mcgavin)
- [Isa Miranda](https://cinepixo.com/people/isa-miranda)
- [Katharine Hepburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/katharine-hepburn)
- [Mari Aldon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mari-aldon)
- [David Lean](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lean)
- [Jeremy Spenser](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-spenser)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/summertime-1955
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