Interlude (1968)

A famous conductor gives an interview to a pretty young reporter. He speaks a bit too frankly and finds he's given himself an unwanted sabbatical from conducting. He begins an affair with ... See full summary »

Director:

Kevin Billington

Writers:

Lee Langley, Hugh Leonard,

Stars:

Oskar Werner, Barbara Ferris, Virginia Maskell

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Oskar Werner	...	Stefan Zelter
Barbara Ferris	...	Sally
Virginia Maskell	...	Antonia
Donald Sutherland	...	Lawrence
Nora Swinburne	...	Mary
Alan Webb	...	Andrew
Bernard Kay	...	George Selworth
Geraldine Sherman	...	Natalie
Gino Melvazzi	...	Mario
Muguette De Braie	...	Mario's Wife
Robert Lang	...	Humphrey Turnbull
Roslyn DeWinter	...	Humphrey's Secretary
Janet Davies	...	Nanny
Sarah Jane Stratton	...	Sarah Jane
Simon Davis	...	Simon

Storyline

A famous conductor gives an interview to a pretty young reporter. He speaks a bit too frankly and finds he's given himself an unwanted sabbatical from conducting. He begins an affair with the young reporter during his interlude and the accumulation of differences in their ages and background begins to mount up.

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Plot Keywords:

one word title | remake

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Taglines:

Interlude... bitter-sweet love story of a young girl and a married man

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 August 1968 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Zwischenspiel

Filming Locations:

Bodiam Castle, Bodiam, East Sussex, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Domino Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Virginia Maskell died prior to the film's release.

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Connections

Remake of When Tomorrow Comes (1939)

User Reviews

Impossible to ignore this film, yet that's what's happened.

Globally respected as among the top actors in cinema history (but sadly split in audience between his German language and English language films), there are too few available in English to us who want them all! The Austrian Werner, I understand was among his own worst enemies due to his drinking and fights with producers and directors, and died a sad shell of himself rehearsing for a low budget live appearance on the continent.

But what he gave us! This film is not only NOT an exception, but maybe his finest performance in a film where he was the top star and in the most scenes [unlike his other great English language roles, Spy, and Ship, and F451 (where Julie has the big part)]. Certain critics found him wooden and "method-y" in this--what a crock. I am very much in the market for a copy of this--it NEVER plays in California, even on late night TV. The sound track, and the orchestral scenes are matchless. Your heart will stop a few times--can't spoil that for you! I hope I live long enough to have a copy! Notice the agreement among all these (above) IMDB comments??? It's because all is true. If I were to continue, the superlatives would be boring (and endless). & John Cleese as an unknown, presaging exactly what MPFC was about to bring the world--he basically ad libs his (bit) go-fer role, saying he and his mates have an idea for comedy satire movies!!! But Oskar Werner. I'll stop now.