Interlude

Interlude

92 mins | Feb. 11, 1946

The Swedish doctor of literature Vilhelm Canitz arrive to Lugano in Italy for a few weeks stay at a medical clinic. Canitz considers himself to be quite healthy and the stay as an extended vacation. He meets a number of patients at the clinic suffering of terminal illnesses, including Vellamo Toivonen (Lindfors). The patients deal with the fact that they will not leave the clinic alive in different ways; with self-destruction, denial or imprudence. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Interlude

92 mins | Feb. 11, 1946

Interlude
The Swedish doctor of literature Vilhelm Canitz arrive to Lugano in Italy for a few weeks stay at a medical clinic. Canitz considers himself to be quite healthy and the stay as an extended vacation. He meets a number of patients at the clinic suffering of terminal illnesses, including Vellamo Toivonen (Lindfors). The patients deal with the fact that they will not leave the clinic alive in different ways; with self-destruction, denial or imprudence. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Producers Terrafilm
Original title I dödens väntrum
Directors Hasse Ekman
Writers Sven Stolpe, Walter Ljungquist, Hasse Ekman

Cast

Viveca Lindfors

as Vellamo Toivonen

Hasse Ekman

as Vilhelm Canitz

Erik 'Bullen' Berglund

as Dr Lautensack

Stig Järrel

as Martin Dahlberg

Bengt Ekerot

as German patient

Ronald de Wolfe

as Frank Graham

Sven Bertil Norberg

as Defie, French patient

Albert Gaubier

as Dancer at Milano nightclub