Intermezzo (1939 film)

This article is about the 1939 film. For other uses, see Intermezzo (disambiguation).

Intermezzo
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Directed by	Gregory Ratoff
Produced by	David O. Selznick
Written by	George O'Neil
Starring	Leslie Howard Ingrid Bergman Edna Best John Halliday Cecil Kellaway
Music by	Max Steiner Heinz Provost
Distributed by	Selznick International Pictures United Artists
Release date(s)	22 September 1939
Running time	70 min
Language	English
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Intermezzo (also called Intermezzo: A Love Story) is a 1939 romantic film made in the USA by Selznick International Pictures. It was directed by Gregory Ratoff and produced by David O. Selznick. It is a remake of the 1936 Swedish film, Intermezzo. The screenplay by George O'Neil was based on the screenplay of the original film by Gösta Stevens and Gustaf Molander. The music was by Robert Russell Bennett, Max Steiner, Heinz Provost and Christian Sinding. The cinematography was by Gregg Toland who replaced Harry Stradling.

It stars Leslie Howard as a (married) virtuoso violinist who falls in love with his accompanist, played by Ingrid Bergman in her Hollywood debut.

It featured Oscar-nominated cinematography by Gregg Toland (later to film Citizen Kane) and a stirring main theme in Heinz Provost's piece of the same name (written before the film).

[edit] Radio adaptations

Ingrid Bergman was in a radio adaptation of Intermezzo on Lux Radio Theater on January 29, 1940, which also starred Herbert Marshall. She was also in another adaptation on the same show on June 4, 1945 with Joseph Cotten.