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''The Astonished Heart'' is a 1950 British drama film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Celia Johnson, Noël Coward, and Margaret Leighton, and 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. ==Plot== The film follows the growing obsession of a psychiatrist (Coward) for a good-time girl (Leighton) and the resulting tragedy this leads to.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.film.fm/movie/the-astonished-heart-1950-8872 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nzbmovieseeker.com/NZB/41134-The-Astonished-Heart/ )〕 The doctor quotes Deuteronomy 28, Verse 28: "The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and admonishment of heart," foreshadowing his path while making reference to the movie title. "The May-December affair between a psychteroniatrist and young blond destroys his seemingly blissful relationship with his wife" (TV ). In the end, Dr. Christian Faber's 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Astonished Heart (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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