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DrameAnnée1950Durée1h 31mIMDb6.1

Madness of the Heart

DrameMystèreRomance

Lydia Garth meets Paul de Vandiere, a French nobleman, but their romance is plagued by Lydia's complaint of recurring spells of blurred vision. Paul leaves for France, promising to return and marry Lydia, but she loses her sight while he is gone. Given no hope of recovery, she enters a convent, but the Abbess decides that she has no vocation for life in a nunnery. She finally marries Paul, but encounters strong opposition from Verite Faimont, a neighbour who is very fond of Paul. The latter constantly plots against Lydia and is successful in temporarily breaking up the marriage, but can a miracle of restored vision be seen?

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Bande-annonce

Casting

Charles Bennett

Director

Margaret Lockwood

Lydia Garth

Maxwell Reed

Joseph Rondolet

Kathleen Byron

Verite Faimont

Paul Dupuis

Paul de Vandiere

Thora Hird

Rosa

Raymond Lovell

Comte de Vandiere

Maurice Denham

Dr. Simon Blake

DH

David Hutcheson

Max Ffoliott

Cathleen Nesbitt

Mother Superior

Peter Illing

Dr. Matthieu

JM

Jack McNaughton

Attendant

PS

Pamela Stirling

Felicite

Marie Burke

Comtesse de Vandiere

Marie Ault

Nun

Paul Anthony

Acolyte

BB

Betty Blake

Woman at Bookstall

SB

Stafford Byrne

Porter

Patricia Cutts

Girl at Bookstall

FS

Flora Sandstrom

Writer

Charles Bennett

Writer

Commentaires

8 commentaires

Abou1997May 29, 2023

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Albert HerreraMay 18, 2023

Hanuman Singh RathorNov 16, 2022

Madness of the Heart

الرشروش الدرويشNov 16, 2022

This is a Du Maurieresque screenplay (shades of "Rebecca" ,of "the scapegoat") ,but without this writer's subtlety :the newcomer in a family who seems at once genial and disturbing .Even before M.Lockwood recovers sight ,the viewer has guessed the truth :even though she is blind, he/she is not and the scene where the heroine narrowly gets drowned lets the cat out of the bag ;and there's the sentence at the beginning who says it all :"she always get what she wants." That said ,people interested in the thrillers revolving around a family leaving in a desirable but maleficent mansion can have a look ; the scenes in the darkness of the dwelling and in the sea are well directed .

user531506Nov 16, 2022

No one is pretending that a movie made in 1949 will be the latest. However this feeble story about a woman who goes temporarily blind, and who is trying to be killed off by her evil in-laws, stretched credibility to the very end. Students of French movie accents may find it interesting, as will those studying the geography of the French coast, and airport terminal design in the 1950's.

Ruth_colombeNov 16, 2022

This is what would have been called "a woman's picture" when it was made.As mentioned elsewhere it has echoes of Rebecca but without the mystery or suspense.It has moments of utter incredulity.It is difficult to know is more laughable the car crash which disposes of the husband and the attempted murdered or the "meeting cute"at the end in an attempt to add on a happy ending.These clichés represent some of the more laboured attempts at drama.There are many others such as going blind and then given a chance a chance at a one in fifty successful operation.This is strictly for Lockwood fans.Otherwise don't waste your time.

Raaz ChuhanNov 16, 2022

A faint-hearted, discount version of Rebecca (itself a version of Jane Eyre.) The first third is adequately, but unexcitingly presented, and the remaining two thirds ground out in a series of unconvincing, predictable and lame melodramatic clichés. The usually dependable writer/director seems to have no discernible appetite here for the potential suspense, tension and excitement. This should be a good old fashioned melodrama, but at best it's a milk chocolate romance for undemanding picturegoers of the 1940s. Only Maxwell Reed as the oily servant, lurking and scheming, seems to have the right idea, but is given very little to do. The stars are dull. Maurice Denham and Thora Hird are okay, and Desmond Dickinson's photography is sometimes lovely.

Theophilus MensahNov 16, 2022

This is a definite must-see for any Margaret Lockwood fans, as well as Hitchcock lovers as it's very Hitchcock in style. There's simply not a dull moment as we follow the young Lydia through the path her life takes when she goes blind and finds there is only the tiniest chance that surgery could restore her sight - and an even smaller chance that she would even survive the operation. Her sweetheart Paul still wishes to marry her, and she finds happiness with him, but that is short-lived as she begins to get the feeling that someone wants her dead. The movie takes a truly terrifying turn, and though in part is predictable, it's still definitely exciting. 9/10

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