Sangue blu

Titolo originale: Kind Hearts and Coronets
Regia: Robert Hamer |
Anno: 1949
Origine: United Kingdom |
Generi: Commedia Crime
Tag: prison | jealousy | based on novel or book | italian | poison | widow | gallows | dark comedy | hot air balloon | duke | relatives | singer | black and white | series of murders | heir | dysfunctional relationship | edwardian england | 1900s | understated | absurd |
Cast: Dennis Price | Alec Guinness | Joan Greenwood | Valerie Hobson | Audrey Fildes | Miles Malleson | Clive Morton | John Penrose | Cecil Ramage | Hugh Griffith | John Salew | Eric Messiter | Lyn Evans | Barbara Leake | Peggy Ann Clifford | Anne Valery | Arthur Lowe | Peter Gawthorne | Molly Hamley-Clifford | Leslie Handford | Cavan Malone | Jeremy Spenser | Carol White | Laurence Naismith | Gordon Phillott | Richard Wattis | Harold Young |

Per aggiudicarsi il titolo di Lord, simpatico mascalzone deve sbarazzarsi di otto consanguinei concorrenti. Ottenuto lo scopo e vicino a un ricco matrimonio, è condannato a morte per un delitto che non ha commesso. Graziato, commette un errore fatale.

Approfondimenti

Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
Near the start, the executioner mentions that the last execution of a Duke had been terribly bungled [...] D
In 2000, Mike Nichols was planning another adaptation of the source novel with Robin Williams in the [...] D
Producer Michael Balcon was known to have said to director Robert Hamer, "You are trying to sell tha [...] D
In 1999, it was ranked #6 on the British Film Institute's 100 Greatest British Films of the 20th Cen [...] D
This movie was shot at Ealing Studios with some location work done at Leeds Castle in Kent, England. [...] D
Opening credits: The events and characters portrayed in this film are fictitious and any similarity [...] D
Sir Alec Guinness was only thirty-four when he played his eight roles. D
The title refers to the following lines from Alfred Lord Tennyson's 1842 poem "Lady Clara Vere de Ve [...] D
Authors Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh were hired independently to work on various drafts of the scr [...] D
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #325. D
The right of peers to be tried in the House of Lords was abolished in 1949, the same year as this mo [...] D
Louis' father, uncredited, is also portrayed by Dennis Price. D
Debut of actress Carol White. D
Sir Alec Guinness described director Robert Hamer as a man "who looked and sounded like an endearing [...] D
The book on the table near the 16 minute mark is Casa Braccio (1895), a novel by the American writer [...] D
Sir Alec Guinness' first movie for Ealing Studios. D
The original camera negative was saved from the Henderson's Film Laboratories fire of 1993, just bef [...] D
In addition to the eight roles played by Sir Alec Guinness, a painting may be seen in the Duke's cas [...] D
Contrary to popular belief, Louis (Dennis Price) actually only killed six of the eight Sir Alec Guin [...] D
The scene where six members of the D'Ascoyne's family, all played by Sir Alec Guinness, are seen tog [...] D
Director Robert Hamer and Sir Alec Guinness got along extremely well during the shoot and formed a f [...] D
In the trial at the end of the film, as the camera pans round, you can clearly see a very young Sean [...] D
In 1984, it was announced that Ivan Reitman would be directing another adaptation of the source nove [...] D
An alternative ending was required for the U.S., where distributors balked at the movie's ambiguous [...] D
In the scene where Louis is waiting on Ascoyne D'Ascoyne, Louis, in his narration, says, "At last, I [...] D
Although Ealing boss Michael Balcon later professed that this was his favorite of the Ealing films h [...] D
In the Italian version of the film, the father of "Luis" was Spanish and the surname of Luis is Mart [...] D
Sir Alec Guinness nearly drowned in the scene where the Admiral goes down with his sinking ship. Gui [...] D
Sir Alec Guinness took his extensive roles very seriously, always showing up to work every day thoro [...] D
Agatha's death in the movie caused some consternation for Sir Alec Guinness. The scene in question, [...] D
In 1976, EMI Films announced another adaptation of the source novel titled " Blue Blood and Bitter", [...] D
The Royal Mail postbox seen in the early scene of the movie shows clearly the monogram of Queen Vict [...] D
The opening music is based on the aria "Il mio tesoro" from Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. [...] D
Sir Alec Guinness liked the screenplay so much, that he asked, and was allowed to play all eight mem [...] D
Alec Guinness claimed to have been convulsed with laughter during his reading of the script. He was [...] D
Initially, Sir Alec Guinness was only offered four of the roles. It was Guinness who insisted on pla [...] D
The hit 2014 Broadway musical "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" and this film are both based [...] D
Future star of Dad's Army (1968) Arthur Lowe made a cameo at the end as a journalist. D
This movie has a one hundred percent rating based on thirty-nine critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. D
The film was a rare leading role for Dennis Price, who became more popular as a solid supporting act [...] D
This movie is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list. D
Although tame by today's standards, Dennis Price's love scenes with the purring Joan Greenwood shock [...] D
Although they don't have any scenes together, Alec Guinness and Joan Greenwood would have many toget [...] D
Features the phrase "revenge is the dish which people of taste prefer to eat cold." D