Intermezzo Summary
Director: Gregory Ratoff
Genres: Drama, Romance
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Gregory_Ratoff directed David_O._Selznick's richly produced American remake of the Swedish film directed by Gustav_Molander and starring Ingrid_Bergman, who re-creates her role here. The story -- based on the original screenplay by Molander and Gosta_Stevens -- concerns a love affair played out between famed concert violinist Holger Brandt (Leslie_Howard) and a young pianist, Anita Hoffman (Ingrid_Bergman). Holger has just finished a grand tour and has returned to his home country of Sweden, into the arms of his wife Margit (Edna_Best) and two children, Ann Marie (Ann_Todd) and Eric (Douglas_Scott). But soon Holger falls deeply in love with his children's piano teacher Anita. Holger asks Margit for a divorce, but she demurs, telling Holger he should take time to think the whole thing through. Holger and Anita travel abroad, and Anita becomes acclaimed as a pianist -- but Holger keeps looking at other people's children and begins to wonder whether he should go back to his family. Paul Brenner, Rovi
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