Interlude (1968 film)
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| Directed by | Kevin Billington |
| Screenplay by | Lee Langley Hugh Leonard |
| Produced by | David Deutsch Jack Hanbury |
| Starring | Oskar Werner Barbara Ferris Virginia Maskell |
| Cinematography | Gerry Fisher |
| Edited by | Bert Bates |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Domino Films |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.6 million (US/Canada)[1] |
Interlude is a 1968 British drama film directed by Kevin Billington, and starring Oskar Werner, Barbara Ferris and Virginia Maskell.[2]
The film is a loose remake of the 1957 American film Interlude directed by Douglas Sirk. It was Maskell's final film as she died in January 1968, five months before its release.
Plot
[edit]A famous male conductor gives an interview to an attractive young female reporter. He speaks a bit too frankly and ends up being given 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.
Cast
[edit]- Oskar Werner as Stefan Zelter
- Barbara Ferris as Sally
- Virginia Maskell as Antonia
- Donald Sutherland as Lawrence
- Nora Swinburne as Mary
- Alan Webb as Andrew
- Bernard Kay as George Selworth
- Geraldine Sherman as Natalie Selworth
- John Cleese as PR Man
- Humphrey Burton as TV Director
- Gino Melvazzi as Mario
- Muguette De Braie as Mario's Wife
- Robert Lang as Humphrey Turnbull
- Roslyn De Winter as Humphrey's Secretary
- Janet Davies as Nanny
- Sarah Jane Stratton as Sarah Jane
- Simon Davis as Simon
- Steve Plytas as Frederico
- Roselie Westwater as Hotel Receptionist
- Gay Cameron as Andrew's Girl Friend
- Anjula Harman as Lawrence's Pupil
- Ernest Fleishmann as Orchestra Manager
- Derek Jacobi as Paul
- Richard Pescud as Ernest
Production
[edit]The film was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location around London at various places including the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington, Fountain Court in Temple, Chelsea, and the Royal Festival Hall.[3] The Zelter family home was shot at Binfield Manor in Berkshire, and Bodiam Castle and The Mermaid Inn, Rye in East Sussex were used for filming.[3] The film's sets were designed by art director Tony Woollard.[4]
Singer Timi Yuro performed the title song "Interlude".[5] Another version by Yuro was released commercially. The song was covered in 1994 as duet by Morrissey and Siouxsie Sioux.
Reception
[edit]Variety gave an enthusiastic review, writing "All the excitement and ecstacy [sic], as well as the bittersweet, foredoomed disenchantment of extra-marital romance are contained in the original screenplay. Strong writing, superior acting and firstrate direction make this a powerful, personal drama."[4]
Time Out said, "Billington mercifully avoids the excesses of 'Swinging London', and his observant delineation of the discrepancy between the characters' would-be sophistication and their actual stock responses is, on the whole, well supported by the performances."[6]
TV Guide said the film does not capture the level of films like Intermezzo and Brief Encounter, but praised the chemistry between Werner and Ferris.[7] Renata Adler of The New York Times criticized Interlude, saying its narrative could not support the film.[8] However, she added, "There are two remarkable supporting performances: one, by Donald Sutherland, as a lisping, bumbling, thoroughly decent family friend; the other by the late Virginia Maskell, as the beautiful, intelligent wife in pain."[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1968". Variety. 8 January 1969. p. 15. Please note that this is a rental figure accruing to distributors
- ^ Murphy 1992, p. 154.
- ^ a b "Interlude". www.reelstreets.com. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Interlude". Variety. 1 January 1968. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Timi Yuro – Interlude". Discogs. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Interlude". Time Out. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Interlude". TV Guide. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ a b Adler, Renata (3 July 1968). "Screen: 'Interlude,' the Story of Yet Another Affair:Oskar Werner Starred With Barbara Ferris New Movie Arrives at the Cinema I". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
Bibliography
[edit]- Murphy, Robert (1992). Sixties British Cinema. British Film Institute. ISBN 978-0851703244.
- Ryan, Tom (2019). The Films of Douglas Sirk: Exquisite Ironies and Magnificent Obsessions. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1496822376.
External links
[edit]- Interlude at IMDb
- Interlude at the TCM Movie Database
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- 1968 films
- 1968 directorial debut films
- 1968 romantic drama films
- British remakes of American films
- British romantic drama films
- Columbia Pictures films
- 1960s English-language films
- Films about adultery in the United Kingdom
- Films about classical music and musicians
- Films about journalists
- Films based on works by James M. Cain
- Films directed by Kevin Billington
- Films scored by Georges Delerue
- Films shot in England
- Films shot in London
- Films shot in East Sussex
- Films shot at Shepperton Studios
- Films set in London
- Films set in East Sussex
- Films with screenplays by Hugh Leonard
- 1960s British films
- English-language romantic drama films