Review of Interlude

Interlude (1957)
7/10
Eh
22 October 2018
Warning: Spoilers
I watched 1957 Interlude with June Allyson, Rossano Brazzi, Keith Andes, Marianne Cook and Jane Wyatt in a small role; June's character is an American in Munich and meets and falls in love with orchestra conductor Rossano, while another man, a friend from home who is a doctor doing research in Munich, also tries to woo her at the same time. The trouble is Rossano is married and his wife (Cook) is clinically insane and tries to commit suicide at one point (with June trying to save her). Someone here compared it to Jane Eyre, but it's only a VERY light comparison; the spirituality and emotional power behind Jane Eyre was totally missing in this soap opera. June's character doesn't even end up with Rossano at the end, she does the noble thing and goes back to America with Keith's character, leaving Rossano to take care of his mentally fragile wife. Eh. Some classical music was nice and it was fun seeing Munich and Salzburg in 1957 but other than that this was kind of a wasted film. (I had to laugh when they showed the outside of Mozart's birthplace in Salzburg, which I recognized immediately, the camera shows June and Rossano walking in and the camera cuts and suddenly they are in this HUGE room with a HUGE modern piano in it and I knew immediately that indoor scene was shot someplace else besides Mozart's birthplace! I've been there and walked around and all the rooms are tiny and the hallways and staircase are very narrow. They might have been able to fool some people, but not me). Also, what was it with June Allyson constantly wearing white in this movie? Everything she wore was totally white except for one scene where she wears a robe. I kept laughing. Maybe they wanted her to look virginal while kissing two different men? LOL
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