Interlude (1968 film)

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Interlude
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Directed by Kevin Billington
Screenplay by Lee Langley
Hugh Leonard
Produced byDavid 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
  • May 1968 (1968-05)(UK)
  • 2 July 1968 (1968-07-02)(NYC)
  • 15 July 1968 (1968-07-15)(USA)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,600,000 (US/ Canada) [1]

Interlude is a 1968 British drama film directed by Kevin Billington and starring Oskar Werner, Barbara Ferris and Virginia Maskell. [2]

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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

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

Production

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. 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. The film's sets were designed by art director Tony Woollard.

Singer Timi Yuro performed the title song "Interlude". Another version by Yuro was released commercially. The song was covered in 1994 as duet by Morrissey and Siouxsie Sioux.

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References

  1. "Big Rental Films of 1968", Variety, 8 January 1969 p 15. Please note that this is a rental figure accruing to distributors.
  2. Murphy p.154

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