According to imdb, "Interlude" is a remake of "When Tomorrow Comes". While this is right, BOTH films are remakes, or perhaps reworkings of "Jane Eyre". And, like the book by Charlotte Bronte, "Interlude" includes BOTH relationships that Jane experiences. Most versions of "Jane Eyre" do not include the relationship that Jane had with the missionary...focusing only on Mr. Rochester. I think this is a good thing, as it gives the woman in the story a choice...of love with a married man or contentment with a stable and predictable man instead.
When the film begins, Helen (June Allyson) arrives in Munich for a job. This plain looking American is looking to experience more out of life and Europe is an adventure for her. Soon she meets two men. One is a doctor who seems smitten with her. Another is a world famous conductor who also is smitten with her...though like Rochester, he has a mentally ill wife at home. Helen only learns about this wife later...after she's fallen for him. And now she has a choice....to return to America with the nice doctor, to live an illicit life with the conductor, or, perhaps, choose neither of them.
During the 1950s, director Douglas Sirk and Universal Studios made some amazingly beautiful and sumptuous love stories. In this sense, "Interlude" is yet another one of these slick stories....well directed, in glorious Technicolor and with lovely music. I actually liked this better than some versions of "Jane Eyre" and it's interesting to see the story updated to more modern times...and with a few major changes. I could say more, but it's best you watch and see those differences yourself.
When the film begins, Helen (June Allyson) arrives in Munich for a job. This plain looking American is looking to experience more out of life and Europe is an adventure for her. Soon she meets two men. One is a doctor who seems smitten with her. Another is a world famous conductor who also is smitten with her...though like Rochester, he has a mentally ill wife at home. Helen only learns about this wife later...after she's fallen for him. And now she has a choice....to return to America with the nice doctor, to live an illicit life with the conductor, or, perhaps, choose neither of them.
During the 1950s, director Douglas Sirk and Universal Studios made some amazingly beautiful and sumptuous love stories. In this sense, "Interlude" is yet another one of these slick stories....well directed, in glorious Technicolor and with lovely music. I actually liked this better than some versions of "Jane Eyre" and it's interesting to see the story updated to more modern times...and with a few major changes. I could say more, but it's best you watch and see those differences yourself.