---
title: 'The Greengage Summer (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lewis Gilbert'
released: '1961-04-04'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-greengage-summer-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055098/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Greengage Summer (1961)

1961 · Drama, Romance · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Greengage Summer is a 1961 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Kenneth More and Susannah York. It was based on the novel The Greengage Summer (1958) by Rumer Godden. Set in Épernay, in the Champagne region of France, it is the story of the transition of a teenage girl into womanhood.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lewis Gilbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-gilbert)
- **Screenplay:** [Howard Koch](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-koch)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Addinsell](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-addinsell)
- **Producer:** [Victor Saville](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-saville)

## Cast

- [André Maranne](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-maranne)
- [Jane Asher](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-asher)
- [Joy Shelton](https://cinepixo.com/people/joy-shelton)
- [Jacques Brunius](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-brunius)
- [Jacques Dhery](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-dhery)
- [Jean Ozenne](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-ozenne)
- [Kenneth More](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-more)
- [Raymond Gérôme](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-gerome)
- [Maurice Denham](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-denham)
- [Danielle Darrieux](https://cinepixo.com/people/danielle-darrieux)
- [Harold Kasket](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-kasket)
- [Claude Nollier](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-nollier)
- [Susannah York](https://cinepixo.com/people/susannah-york)
- [Bessie Love](https://cinepixo.com/people/bessie-love)

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