Intermezzo (this 1939 version) introduced Ingrid Bergman to English-speaking audiences. She'd already made the exact movie three years earlier, but it was in Swedish so no one knew or cared about it. In the story, Leslie Howard is a violinist who falls in love with his daughter's piano teacher, Ingrid. As a married man, he has a lot of conflict. Thankfully, Ingrid doesn't play the typical "other woman" who's just a villainess out to wreck a home. She's sweet and has a good heart; she's just unfortunately giving her one heart to someone who has already given his one heart to someone else.
These forbidden love romances are often melodramatic, but some people might be really moved by this story. I'm not the biggest Leslie Howard fan, but I do find him well cast in the role of a weak-willed man. If you do find yourself reaching for the Kleenex box, you might want to check out another Ingrid romantic drama where she falls for a married man: A Walk in the Spring Rain.
These forbidden love romances are often melodramatic, but some people might be really moved by this story. I'm not the biggest Leslie Howard fan, but I do find him well cast in the role of a weak-willed man. If you do find yourself reaching for the Kleenex box, you might want to check out another Ingrid romantic drama where she falls for a married man: A Walk in the Spring Rain.