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Intermezzo: A Love Story

Intermezzo: A Love Story

Drama · Romance · 1939

A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter's talented piano teacher. When he invites her to go on tour with him, they make beautiful music away from the concert hall as well. He soon leaves his wife so the two can go off together.

Movie details

Intermezzo: A Love Story

1939 Drama · Romance 1h 10m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.6 / 10

3K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

100 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

74 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter's talented piano teacher. When he invites her to go on tour with him, they make beautiful music away from the concert hall as well. He soon leaves his wife so the two can go off together.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Intermezzo: A Love Story?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Gregory Ratoff

Written by

George O'Neil

Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard

Holger Brandt

Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman

Anita Hoffman

Edna Best

Edna Best

Margit Brandt

Ann E. Todd

Ann E. Todd

Ann Marie Brandt

Douglas Scott

Douglas Scott

Eric Brandt

John Halliday

John Halliday

Thomas Stenborg

Enid Bennett

Enid Bennett

Greta Stenborg

Court is in session

Put Intermezzo: A Love Story on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.