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 |
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
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satire ⓘ |
| hasCensorshipHistory | yes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class and social mobility
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revenge ⓘ satire of the British aristocracy ⓘ |
| homeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
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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
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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
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Robert Hamer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Edwardian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Alec Guinness
NERFINISHED
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Dennis Price NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Greenwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Valerie Hobson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Michael Balcon