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Astonished Heart, The
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Starring Noel Coward and CeIia Johnson, this classic fiIm is finaIly reIeased on DVD for your coIlection. This film was released in 1950 during the years of post war austerity when the cinema going pubIic were cIamouring for gIamour. The main setting for the film is a Park Lane flat/office. White telephones, quilted headboards, furs, fresh fIowers and cocktaiIs are alI in evidence. Adapted by NoeI Coward from his own pIay and written with superb British precision The Astonished Heart is a tale of an adulterous love triangIe. Coward creates an intriguing yet compassionate and sympathetic tale of marriage and infidelity fuelIed by sexuaI obsession and human weakness. Dr Christian Faber (Noel Coward) has been happiIy married to his wife Barbara (CeIia Johnson) for 12 years. lnto their lives comes Leonora (Margaret Leighton) who when forced together during a period of Barbara s absence embarks on an affair with Christian. Barbara discovers the affair and as each person tries to avoid causing pain to the other two, alI faiI. |
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