Interlude

6/7/2025

Thanks to the timely intercession of a television man (John Cleese), journalist “Sally” (Barbara Ferris) is introduced to temperamental maestro “Zelter” (Oskar Werner) from whom she manages to to elicit a few too many home truths which she gets published. Embarrassed a little and encouraged by his agent to take a break whilst the dust (and litigation) settles, he returns to his stately home where his wife (Virginia Maskell) and young family enjoy a comfortable existence. What’s clear from the start is that this man sees no real reason to keep it in his trousers, and so a repeat meeting with the impressionable young “Sally” sets off what becomes a rather dull and repetitive series of adventures for a man whose talents with the baton in his hand are second only to his determination to run ro