Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.8/10   

Director:

Gregory Ratoff

Escritores:

George O'Neil (screenplay)
Gösta Stevens (original screenplay: 1936 movie) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

22 septiembre 1939 (USA)

Género:

Romance | Drama

Frase comercial:

"Let the world cry 'shame'...I love him...I'll always love him!"

Plot:

A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter's talented piano teacher. When he invites her to go on tour with him...

Plot Keywords:

Concert | Violinist | Scholarship | Piano | Love Affair

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Remarkable only for Ingrid Bergman's first starring role in an American film...

Reparto

Leslie Howard	...	Holger Brandt
Ingrid Bergman	...	Anita Hoffman
Edna Best	...	Margit Brandt
John Halliday	...	Thomas Stenborg
Cecil Kellaway	...	Charles Moler, The Impressario
Enid Bennett	...	Greta Stenborg
Ann E. Todd	...	Ann Marie Brandt (as Ann Todd)
Douglas Scott	...	Eric Brandt
Eleanor Wesselhoeft	...	Emma, The Maid
Marie Flynn	...	Marianne

También conocida como:

Escape to Happiness (UK)
Intermezzo (USA) (short title)

Duración:

70 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Finland:S | Germany:16 | USA:Approved (PCA #5671)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Monterey, California, USA

Compañía:

Selznick International Pictures

Trivialidades:

Toscha Seidel dubbed the violin playing of Leslie Howard, while Norma Boleslawksi dubbed the piano playing of both Ingrid Bergman and John Halliday

Citas:

Charles Moler, The Impressario: [Cutting into Ann Marie's birthday cake] You know what? Not so long ago your daddy and I went to a birthday party in China.
Ann Marie Brandt: In *china*?
Charles Moler, The Impressario: Uh-huh. At a Mandarin's house. His name was
[thinks]
Charles Moler, The Impressario: Chou Ching Chang Chip Chop.
Ann Marie Brandt: Did you have ice cream and cake?
Charles Moler, The Impressario: Oooh, no indeed. We had swallows' nests, umm, roasted silkworms, snake soup and, uh - cricket eggs!
Ann Marie Brandt: Oh! You didn't eat *that*...?
Charles Moler, The Impressario: Oh, we had to take a double helping of everything or the Mandarin would've murdered us.
Ann Marie Brandt: Oh well, Uncle Charles - nobody will murder you here!
[...]

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Intermezzo

Remarkable only for Ingrid Bergman's first starring role in an American film...

Over the years we have all seen this kind of story before--where a man goes astray from his long-suffering wife to embark on an affair with a younger woman--while the soundtrack washes all of the soap-opera elements with a full dose of symphonic music. Here, at least, the story is told in a simple and brief style, the production itself is a handsome one, and although the performances are competent enough only one performer really stands out as "the new star"--and that, of course, is INGRID BERGMAN making her film debut under David O. Selznick's careful grooming and tutoring.

LESLIE HOWARD makes no particular impression as the concert violinist who falls under her spell, except that he really does appear to be playing the instrument, helped no doubt by whatever technical tricks were necessary to give this illusion. Edna Best does nicely as his understanding wife and all of the supporting roles are played in a competent manner.

But except for this being a star vehicle to present Bergman to American audiences, there is nothing special about INTERMEZZO. It's worth watching only to see Bergman in her debut and at her most radiant. Mercifully, it has a short running time and might have become really tedious if the story were given more footage.