Kind Hearts and Coronets
Directed by:
Robert HamerCinematography:
Douglas SlocombeComposer:
Ernest IrvingCast:
Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Hugh Griffith, Anne Valery, Arthur Lowe, Laurence Naismith, Richard Wattis, Miles Malleson (more)VOD (1)
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Alec Guinness features in eight different roles as the unsuspecting members of the aristocratic D’Ascoyne family - murdered one by one by the scheming, outcast cousin Louis Mazzini (Dennis Price). Mazzini's mother was a D'Ascoyne by birth, but when she ran away with an opera singer she was ostracized by her family as a result. When her dying wish to be buried in the family crypt is refused, Louis vows to get his revenge. As he ascends the social ranks, he is torn between his love for now-married childhood sweetheart, and equally devilish Sibella (Joan Greenwood), and the saintly wife of one of his victims, Edith D’Ascoyne (Valerie Hobson). (StudioCanal UK)
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Alec Guinness is an incredible chameleon, and I'm glad I finally got to know him beyond Obi-Wan. His acting is incredibly chameleon-like, which also relates to the superbly crafted masks that are captivatingly presented in this film. I'm sure if I didn't know who Guinness was playing, I wouldn't recognize him. The film is funny in a beautifully British way. All of these things combine to make it a treasure of world comedy.
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