Beware of Pity (German: Ungeduld des Herzens, literally Impatience of the Heart) is a 1939 novel by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. It was Zweig's longest work of fiction. It was adapted into a 1946 film of the same title, directed by Maurice Elvey. The young lieutenant Anton "Toni" Hofmiller is invited to the castle of the wealthy Hungarian Lajos Kekesfalva. After dinner he asks Kekesfalva's daughter, Edith, to dance not knowing that she is paralyzed from the waist down. She begins to weep inconsolably at the perceived slight, and Toni filled with embarrassment rushes to leave the castle. Soon afterwards he sends her flowers hoping that the Kekesfalvas will forgive him and that his indiscretion will not become the subject of gossip.
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Beware of Pity was adapted into a 1946 film.
Beware of Pity1946 · film · 105 min · dir. Maurice Elvey · IMDb ↗IMDb6.3A paraplegic baroness mistakes a man's pity for love - and tragedy ensues.
