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starring: Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman, Edna Best, John Halliday, Cecil Kellawaydirected by: Gregory Ratoff
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780764005756
Format: Black & White, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 0764005758
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Release Date: March 30, 1999
Running Time: 70 minutes
Sales Rank: 21371
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: September 22, 1939
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Amazon.com:
Ingrid Bergman made her radiant Hollywood debut in this David O. Selznick-produced remake of a 1936 Swedish film, in which she played the same role, a gifted piano teacher. Leslie Howard costars as the brilliant violinist whose world tours often take him from the flow of life within his own family. Married to a fine woman (Edna Best) and blessed with two wonderful children, Howard's character only begins to realize that so much is passing by him when he falls for his concert pianist (Bergman). During a Riviera holiday, the two illicit lovers bask in passion while privately agonizing over the collapse of their separate destinies. Can two people find happiness built on the unhappiness of others? That's the question asked by the sage friend (Cecil Kellaway) whom they both share. In the same year Selznick cast Howard in Gone with the Wind, the sophisticated actor did a fine, sympathetic job penetrating the lost and tormented heart of his character in Intermezzo. But it is Bergman--the very picture of spring and a magnificent avatar of the perpetual conflict between mind and heart--who ultimately gives this film its soul. The Selznick machine, with its top-drawer production values and the dreamy gloss of its human stories, makes this film a more poignant experience than the average weepie. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - An "Intermezzo" of Romance
This film packs a wallop of romance! Starring Leslie Howard (Gone With the Wind) and Ingrid Bergman(Casablanca). Howard plays a sensitive violinist who falls in love with Ingrid Bergman- the only problem is that he is married and she is his daughter's music teacher. Despite these "complications," there love of music and each other prevail. His wife never really undertsood him and despite her desperately wanting to bridge the gap between them, there is a part of him that he could never really share. ... Read More
Rating:  - Small-Scale Love Story Offers Fresh-Faced Bergman in Her American Debut
The familiar David O. Selznick gloss is all over this minor 1939 soap opera, most noteworthy as the American film debut of 24-year old Ingrid Bergman. She was brought over from Sweden by Selznick for this melodramatic remake of the 1936 film which brought her great acclaim in her homeland. Her fresh-faced beauty and natural manner are intoxicating as she plays Anita Hoffman, first a piano teacher to the young daughter of renowned violinist Holger Brandt and then his accompanist on a world tour. It's ... Read More
Rating: - 7 Reasons Why Intermezzo Works
I normally don't gravitate toward melodramas or 'soaps' nor would I approve, frankly, of a film that centers around adultery. However, this film has such much going for it that I wound up loving this movie the first time I saw it, and still do six viewings later.
Off the cuff, here are seven reasons why:
1) There IS a good message here: that a married person having a fling with a pretty young woman might be an exciting prospect but in the end, "you reap what you sow" and if either ... Read More
Rating:  - Straightforward, but nicely crafted romantic drama
Leslie Howard and Ingrid Bergman (in her Hollywood debut) acquit themselves well in this pre-Brief Encounter slice of romance and adultery. The other thing that really lifts this production above the run-of-the-mill is Gregg Toland's Oscar-nominated photography and lighting.
I also enjoyed one or two of the supporting cast, in particular Cecil Kellaway. His humourous dialogue with the young Ann Todd at the birthday party is charmingly delivered.
Rating: - The unforgettable Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman made her English-speaking film debut in the romantic tear-jerker, "Intermezzo." She plays Anita, a young pianist who gives piano lessons to the daughter of a famous violinist, Holger Brandt (Leslie Howard). Brandt is first attracted by her musical talent and soon they are a couple, meeting in dark cafes. He leaves his family and takes Anita on tour with him. They are having a wonderful time until a friend from home visits them.
Bergman is so young and luminous; who wouldn't ... Read More
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