Hailing from the Golden-Age of Ealing comedies (Passport to Pimlico and Whisky Galore! also turn 70 this year) KIND HEARTS & CORONETS stars Dennis Price as the debonair yet impoverished Louis Mazzini, the would-be Duke of Chalfont whose mother was disinherited by her noble family, the D'Ascoynes, for marrying beneath her. When her dying wish to be buried in the family crypt is refused, Louis vows to avenge his mother and work his way up the family tree, by engaging in the gentle art of murder. One by one he attempts to kill off the eight successors that stand in the way of his becoming Duke -all played by Alec Guinness in an unforgettable tour-de-force performance.

Product details

Director	Robert Hamer
Actor	Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Miles Malleson

Genre	Comedy Crime
Content	DVD
FSK / age rating	from age 0
Publication date	10.09.2002
Region code	1
Version	US Version
Original title	Kind Hearts and Coronets
Year of production	1949
Length	104 Minutes
Audio	English, French

Cast & Crew

Actor

Production & Studios

Robert Hamer

Genre

Comedy
Crime

Customer reviews

Die perfekte Unterhaltung am Sonntag Nachmittag

Written on 07. August 2006 by uhm.

Dennis Price gibt den perfekten, meuchelnden Aristokraten-Anwärter, ohne dass man ihm dies übelnehmen könnte.
Alec Guiness gibt uns acht verschiedene, meist sympathische Charaktere die dran glauben müssen, ohne dass man sie deswegen zu sehr bedauern würde.
Eine köstliche, nicht allzu schwarze Kömödie in bestser englischer Tradition. English humour pure!