The Astonished Heart

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1950

1h 32m

Drama

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Prominent psychiatrist Dr. Christian Faber (Noel Coward) is content in his marriage to his wife, Barbara (Celia Johnson). Barbara reunites with an old friend, a young woman named Leonora Vail (Margaret Leighton), and invites her to meet Christian. At first, the reticent doctor is irritated by Leonora's presence, but, when Barbara is called out of town to attend to her ailing mother, an unlikely romance begins between Christian and Leonora, leading to tragic consequences for Christian.

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It's all veddy, veddy British in this curious tale about a sophisticated psychiatrist's (Coward, natch, a cigarette typically in hand every scene) mid-life crisis and subsequent romantic fling with a younger woman, and the expected consequences. What's curious is that the good doctor is the only one who doesn't seem to know what's going to happen.

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03/30/23

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Terence Fisher

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Antony Darnborough

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Noël Coward

Dr. Christian Faber

Celia Johnson

Barbara Faber

Margaret Leighton

Leonora Vail

Graham Payn

Tim Verney

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Director: Terence Fisher, Antony Darnborough
Screenwriter: Noël Coward
Production Co: General Film Distributors
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 32m

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