The Astonished Heart

The Astonished Heart

🎞️ Movie 85 min GB
โ˜… 6.0 /10 1950

A daring experiment in love!

The film begins with a scene in which Barbara rings Leonora to tell her that something has happened to Chris. At this point, we don't know who Chris is or what has happened, only that he has lost conciousness. The film then flashes back a year, to when the old friends Barbara and Leonora meet again after having lost contact for many years. Time has not strained their relationship it seems, and Barbara invites Leonora to her house a few days later to meet her husband. Her husband Chris, a pompous, austere psychologist, gets off to a bad start with Leonora. The two despise each other until one night when Barbara has to leave town to look after her mother. Because of this, she is unable to go to the play she had arranged to go with Leonora to. Chris reluctantly decides to go in place of Barbara, and the two hit it off and begin a relationship.

Cast

Celia Johnson
Celia Johnson
Barbara Faber
Noël Coward
Noël Coward
Christian Faber
Margaret Leighton
Margaret Leighton
Leonora Vail
Joyce Carey
Joyce Carey
Susan Birch
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Graham Payn
Tim Verney
Amy Veness
Amy Veness
Alice Smith
Ralph Michael
Ralph Michael
Philip Lucas
Michael Hordern
Michael Hordern
Ernest
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Patricia Glyn
Helen
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Alan Webb
Sir Reginald
Noël Coward
Noël Coward
Composer
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Jack Asher
Cinematographer