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Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Original title: kind hearts and coronets
Production: UK|106 min| black and white
Dramatic, Comedy, Crime
Poster of movie Kind Hearts and Coronets
a distant poor relative of the duke of d'ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.

Festivals and awards

Bafta 1950 - nomination Outstanding British Film

Origin of the subject

dal libro: Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal (1907, Roy Horniman)

Direction

Robert HamerRobert Hamer: regista

Production and Screenplay

Robert HamerRobert Hamer: sceneggiatore
John Dighton: sceneggiatore
Michael Balcon: produttore
Michael Relph: produttore
Nancy Mitford: sceneggiatore

Characters and Interpreters

Louis
Dennis PriceDennis Price(età:34)
Edith
Valerie HobsonValerie Hobson(età:32)
sibella
Joan GreenwoodJoan Greenwood(età:28)
lord high steward
Hugh GriffithHugh Griffith(età:37)
Henry
Alec GuinnessAlec Guinness(età:35)
il parroco
Alec GuinnessAlec Guinness(età:35)
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Laurence NaismithLaurence Naismith(età:41)
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Richard WattisRichard Wattis(età:37)
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Miles MallesonMiles Malleson(età:61)
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Jeremy Spenser(età:12)
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Harold YoungHarold Young(età:52)
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Arthur LoweArthur Lowe(età:35)
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Carol WhiteCarol White(età:6)
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Clive Morton(età:45)
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Stanley Beard(età:31)
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Gordon Phillott(età:70)
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Peggy Ann clifford(età:28)
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Leslie Handford(età:48)
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Barbara Leake(età:46)
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Fletcher Lightfoot(età:66)
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Eric Messiter(età:57)
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Lyn Evans(età:51)
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Maxwell Foster(età:50)
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Cecil Ramage(età:54)

Technical staff

Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart: musiche
Peter Tanner: montatore
Douglas SlocombeDouglas Slocombe: direttore della fotografia
Anthony MendlesonAnthony Mendleson: costumista
William Kellner: scenografo
Harry Frampton: truccatore
Barbara Barnard: parrucchiere
Daphne Martin: parrucchiere
Pearl Orton: parrucchiere
Ernest Irving: musiche
Ernest Taylor: truccatore

Voices and Dubbing

Version Italia(1949)

Rosetta CalavettaRosetta Calavetta Voice of Joan Greenwood
Stefano SibaldiStefano Sibaldi Voice of Dennis Price
Tina LattanziTina Lattanzi Voice of Valerie Hobson