Beware of Pity
A paraplegic baroness mistakes a man's pity for love - and tragedy ensues.
A paraplegic baroness mistakes a man's pity for love - and tragedy ensues.
Lilli Palmer
Baroness Edith de Kekesfalva
Albert Lieven
Lt. Anton Marek
Cedric Hardwicke
Dr. Albert Condor
Gladys Cooper
Mrs. Klara Condor
Linden Travers
Ilona Domansky
Ernest Thesiger
Baron Emil de Kekesfalva
Emrys Jones
Lt. Joszi Molnar
Ralph Truman
Maj. Sandor Balinkay
Fritz Wendhausen
Josef
A paraplegic baroness mistakes a man's pity for love - and tragedy ensues.
Albert Lieven is efficient here as the Austrian officer "Marek" who meets the glamorous "Baroness Edith" (Lilli Palmer) at a lavish dance. Asking her for a waltz, he soon discovers that she has been paralysed. The two chat and remain in touch over the coming months where she falls well and truly in love. Thing is, he doesn't quite reciprocate and when she accidentally discovers this, she runs away, distressed and alone, and her thoughts turn to suicide. The title is quite apt here - it illustrates the dangers of, however innocently, leading someone on with gestures of affection and kindness when they don't have the necessary reality filters to appreciate the distinction between fondness and amour. It's set just before the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, so has many of the opulent settings of the Hapsburg court as a backdrop - the costumes and settings all look grand. There is also an interesting sub-plot with dedicated doctor "Kondor" (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) and his blind wife "Klara" (a lovely, nuanced effort from Gladys Cooper) with the latter proving a vital conduit for the young man to realise just what his relationship with "Edith" really means... It's rather wordy this, and there are maybe just too many characters that rather diffuse the narrative a little too much - but if you enjoy historical melodrama with a fine period score from Nicholas Brodsky then you ought to enjoy this rather superior drama with a conscience.
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