I,m possibly the only person who has seen this film and really enjoyed it from the fabulous scenery of Salzburg and Munich to the romance of the story. As one reviewer commented it is an, and i never noticed it before how blind i am its so similar to Jane Eyre only with a slight difference she does,nt land up with Rochester at the end. June Allyson has always been one of my favourite actresses and she is reunited with her co star from the 1949 classic Little Women. I am familiar with othier notable films from director Douglas Sirk Written in the Wind and such and dream to put this one down. Im so happy i received a copy of this on DVD to cherish forever. Just One reviewers opinion of a favourite movie.

Douglas Sirk remake of John M. Stahl's When Tomorrow Comes, which I haven't seen. Innocent young American girl goes to Munich, falls in love with famous conductor who turns out to be married. Will she stay with him or go home with the nice American doctor from her hometown? In 1950s Hollywood films, apparently almost every woman wants to go to Europe and have an affair with Rossano Brazzi.

This is not the movie to convert people who don't like June Allyson (High Barbaree is the one recommended for that). The script seems to suggest that her character is a sweet young thing, which June in 1957 was not. Her hairstyle is, as usual, not at all becoming. She doesn't have much chemistry with Brazzi, either. The script is ponderously written, especially for poor Keith Andes as the doctor, who gets lines like "See, I don't always have my nose in the Journal of Pathology. I can speak French."

Marianne Koch (billed as Marianne Cook) as the conductor's wife and Francoise Rosay as her aunt take the acting honors here. Douglas Sirk handles the Cinemascope ratio well, as you might expect, and the camera setups are usually chosen well. The cinematography of William Daniels is absolutely gorgeous, not just the scenes in Munich, Salzburg, and the surrounding countryside, but each interior shot is a marvel of balanced and contrasting colors. The set design is equally superb. If you respond strongly to these visual elements, Interlude is very much worth your while. Just don't expect a film as satisfying as Summertime.

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