The Astonished Heart (1950)

Name: The Astonished Heart
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1950-03-17

1h 25m

Running Time

Plot.

Several years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret Leighton) reconnect as if not a day has gone by. But Leonora could do without Barbara's husband, Christian (Noel Coward), whom she finds arrogant and off-putting ... at first. One evening alone together, romance is set ablaze, leaving Christian with a lot of explaining to do to Barbara.

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Subs

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Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 17, 1950

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 25m

Filming Locations
Pinewood Studios, United Kingdom

Genres
Romance Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-10

This Movie Is About.

venice, italy

love triangle

Wiki.

The Astonished Heart is a 1950 British drama film directed by Terence Fisher and Antony Darnborough. Starring Celia Johnson, Noël Coward, and Margaret Leighton, the film is based on Coward's play The Astonished Heart from his cycle of ten plays, Tonight at 8.30.

Inspired by the great success of the 1945 film Brief Encounter, which also had been adapted from Tonight at 8:30, Coward agreed to have The Astonished Heart produced as a motion picture. As with the previous film, Coward also wrote the screenplay. Production began in 1949 and featured not only Noël Coward in one of his rare film appearances, but also actor-singer Graham Payn in a supporting role. The Astonished Heart was released in 1950 to indifferent reviews and was a commercial failure.

The title is taken from a passage in the Bible Deuteronomy 28:28: "The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart", referenced by the lead character.