Kind Hearts and Coronets

In view of my current holidays, i have been consistently watching at least one movie per day. One may call it boredom, and i shall agree. XD

One of the gems i have stumbled upon during one of my search expeditions on imdb and isohunt is the movie duly titled "Kind Hearts and Coronets"

Warning: spoilers ahead. please slow down at the curb and stop at the red light.


This is truly a great movie befitting of it's reputation of being one of britains top 100 best movies ever made. It's cast comprises of stars of the days of old, including Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood and the very very talented Sir Alec Guinness ( OBI-WAN KENOBI BEBEH!!)

Released in 1949 (darn old i know), this movie revolves around this guy by the name of Louis Mazzini (Price) whose mother hails from a noble family but was ostracised following her decision of eloping with an Italian opera singer, who died shortly thereafter having witnessed his son's birth. Being unrightfully denied his birthright, Mazzini aims to claim succession to the title of Duke of Chalfont by knocking off family members who are in line before him. There are 8 of them (believe it or not, all 8 are played by Guinness) and Mazzini manages to put to sleep 6 of the family members. 1 died of natural causes, while the other who was a captain decided to go down with his sinking ship...a cunning twist to the storyline follows his brief succession to the title (lol sorry for the spoiler) which involves...on second thoughts i'm not going to spoil that...but it involves him being in deep shit by the end of the movie.

All in all, this movie is a great example of fine British humour, dark and dry. I find it hilarious though. Sir Alec Guinness really stole the limelight with his fine potrayal of multiple characters. Highly recommended! Great acting all in all, and this is how movies should be made!

- Kind hearts are more than coronets and simple faith than Norman blood -