Monika: Kroger Babb’s Bad Girl
In 1955, producer, showman, and distributor Kroger Babb bought the American rights to SUMMER WITH MONIKA, cut it down, added a dub track and a jazz score, and distributed it as MONIKA, THE STORY OF A BAD GIRL! In this 2012 interview, film historian Eric Schaefer explains how director Ingmar Bergman’s film became grist for the exploitation mill.
