Interlude (1968 film)
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| Directed by | Kevin Billington |
| Screenplay by | Lee Langley Hugh Leonard |
| Produced by | David Deutsch |
| Starring | Oskar Werner Barbara Ferris |
| 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 | $1,600,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
Interlude is a 1968 British drama film directed by Kevin Billington and starring Oskar Werner and Barbara Ferris.
Plot
A famous conductor gives an interview to a pretty young reporter. He speaks a bit too frankly 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
- 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 T.V. P R Man
- Humphrey Burton as T.V. Director
- Gino Melvazzi as Mario (as Gino Mulvazzi)
- 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 (as Stephen Plytas)
- 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
Music
Singer Timi Yuro performed the title song "Interlude". Another version by Yuro was released commercially. The song was later covered in 1994 as duet by Morrissey and Siouxsie Sioux.
See also
References
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1968", Variety, 8 January 1969 p 15. Please note that this is a rental figure accruing to distributors.
External links
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- 1968 films
- 1968 directorial debut films
- 1960s romantic drama films
- Adultery in films
- British films
- British remakes of American films
- British romantic drama films
- Columbia Pictures films
- English-language films
- 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
- 1968 drama films
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