A Summer Story

Not to be confused with My Summer Story.

A Summer Story
Directed byPiers Haggard
Written byJohn Galsworthy
Penelope Mortimer
Screenplay byPenelope Mortimer
Based on"The Apple Tree"
by John Galsworthy
Produced byDanton Rissner
StarringJames Wilby
Imogen Stubbs
Susannah York
Kenneth Colley
CinematographyKenneth MacMillan
Edited byRalph Sheldon
Music byGeorges Delerue
Production
company
Distributed byAtlantic Entertainment Group[1]
Release dates
  • 23 July 1988 (1988-07-23) (South Korea)
  • 11 August 1988 (1988-08-11) (New York City)
  • 28 October 1988 (1988-10-28) (Ireland)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

A Summer Story is a British drama film released in 1988, directed by Piers Haggard, based on John Galsworthy’s 1916 short story "The Apple Tree", with a script by Penelope Mortimer. It stars James Wilby, Imogen Stubbs, and Susannah York.

In 1902, 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.

  1. ^ a b "A Summer Story company credits". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015.