An Ardent Heart (Russian: Горячее сердце, romanized: Goryachee serdtse) is a 1953 Soviet drama film directed by Gennadi Kazansky and starring Gennadiy Michurin, Anna Belousova and Tamara Alyoshina.

The household is run by his wife Matrona, an overbearing and immoral woman who spends her husband's money, has an affair with the bailiff and strongly oppresses Parasha, Kuroslepov's daughter from his first marriage.

Parasha's groom Vasya gets accused of stealing and is threatened with being sent to serve in the army.

The cowardly and prudent Vasya agrees to become a clown of the merchant Khlynov, who buys him off from conscription.

Realizing the nullity of her beloved, Parasha finds happiness with a clerk Gavrila who is infatuated with her.