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.
The film was shot on location in Venice in 1954 on Eastmancolor negative film with processing and prints by Technicolor.[3][4]
In later years, Lean described Summertime as his favourite, and became so enamoured of Venice during filming that he made it his second home.[6] Commenting on the film, Lean said: “I’ve put more of myself in that film than any other I’ve ever made.”[22]