Kind Hearts and Coronets
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Kind Hearts and Coronets is a 1949 British black comedy film, produced by Ealing Studios, famed for its darkly humorous tale of an ambitious murderer and for Alec Guinness’s multiple-role performance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kind Hearts and Coronets canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kind Hearts and Coronets Context triple: [Michael Balcon, notableWork, Kind Hearts and Coronets]
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A.
Random Harvest
Random Harvest is a 1942 romantic drama film, based on James Hilton’s novel, renowned for its amnesia-driven love story and considered one of director Mervyn LeRoy’s most enduring works.
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B.
Chimes at Midnight
Chimes at Midnight is a 1965 historical drama film directed by and starring Orson Welles, celebrated for its innovative adaptation of several of Shakespeare’s plays into a single narrative centered on Sir John Falstaff.
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C.
The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter is a 1968 historical drama film about the personal and political conflicts of England’s King Henry II and his family during Christmas 1183, for which Katharine Hepburn won an Academy Award.
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D.
The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers is a 2004 dark comedy crime film by the Coen brothers, starring Tom Hanks as the leader of a gang whose heist scheme unravels in the home of an unsuspecting elderly landlady.
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E.
My Fair Lady (film)
My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film adaptation of the stage musical based on George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," renowned for its performances by Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison and its classic Lerner and Loewe songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kind Hearts and Coronets Target entity description: Kind Hearts and Coronets is a 1949 British black comedy film, produced by Ealing Studios, famed for its darkly humorous tale of an ambitious murderer and for Alec Guinness’s multiple-role performance.
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A.
Random Harvest
Random Harvest is a 1942 romantic drama film, based on James Hilton’s novel, renowned for its amnesia-driven love story and considered one of director Mervyn LeRoy’s most enduring works.
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B.
Chimes at Midnight
Chimes at Midnight is a 1965 historical drama film directed by and starring Orson Welles, celebrated for its innovative adaptation of several of Shakespeare’s plays into a single narrative centered on Sir John Falstaff.
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C.
The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter is a 1968 historical drama film about the personal and political conflicts of England’s King Henry II and his family during Christmas 1183, for which Katharine Hepburn won an Academy Award.
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D.
The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers is a 2004 dark comedy crime film by the Coen brothers, starring Tom Hanks as the leader of a gang whose heist scheme unravels in the home of an unsuspecting elderly landlady.
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E.
My Fair Lady (film)
My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film adaptation of the stage musical based on George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," renowned for its performances by Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison and its classic Lerner and Loewe songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Roy Horniman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certificateUK | U (later reclassifications may vary) ⓘ |
| characterFamilyName | D’Ascoyne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Douglas Slocombe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Robert Hamer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | General Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter Tanner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresActorInMultipleRoles | Alec Guinness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmColor | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasCensorshipHistory | yes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class and social mobility
ⓘ
revenge ⓘ satire of the British aristocracy ⓘ |
| homeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ |
| includedInList | BFI Top 100 British films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Louis Mazzini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Ernest Irving NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Alec Guinness playing multiple members of the D’Ascoyne family
ⓘ
darkly humorous treatment of murder ⓘ |
| numberOfRolesPlayedByAlecGuinness | 9 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Ealing comedies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An ambitious young man murders his relatives to inherit a dukedom. ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Balcon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | classic of British cinema ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1949-06-21 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 106 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
John Dighton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Hamer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Edwardian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Alec Guinness
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dennis Price NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Greenwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Valerie Hobson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kind Hearts and Coronets Description of subject: Kind Hearts and Coronets is a 1949 British black comedy film, produced by Ealing Studios, famed for its darkly humorous tale of an ambitious murderer and for Alec Guinness’s multiple-role performance.
Referenced by (12)
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subject surface form:
Michael Balcon