The Astonished Heart (film)

The Astonished Heart is a 1950 British drama film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Celia Johnson, Nol Coward, and Margaret Leighton, and is based on Cowards play The Astonished Heart from his cycle of ten plays, Tonight at 830.

The film follows the growing obsession of a psychiatrist Coward for a goodtime girl Leighton and the resulting tragedy this leads to. The doctor quotes Deuteronomy 28, VerseThe LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and admonishment of heart, foreshadowing his path while making reference to the movie title.The MayDecember affair between a psychteroniatrist and young blond destroys his seemingly blissful relationship with his wife This TV. In the end, Dr. Christian Fabers obsession with his beautiful mistress, Leanora Vail, leads him to commit suicide by jumping from the roof of the apartment building where he lived with his wife and conducted business with his partner Tim and assistant Susan. He lives long enough to ask for Leanora, yet, does not know it is her thinking it is his wife Barbara instead, then says a few words and dies. ........

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