“Ten Little Indians” ( German: Ein Unbekannter rechnet ab , Eng. And Then There Were None or Ten Little Indians [1] ) is a detective film of international production based on the novel of the same name by Agatha Christie , directed by . The first color adaptation / adaptation of the novel.
| Ten Little Indians | |
|---|---|
| him. Ein unbekannter rechnet ab English And Then There Were None | |
| Genre | Detective film |
| Producer | |
| Producer | |
| Author script | Peter Welbeck (Harry Alan Towers) |
| In the main cast | Charles Aznavour Maria Rum Adolfo Celi Stefan Audran Alfredo de Mendoza Richard Attenborough Geert Fröbe Herbert Lom Oliver Reed Elke Sommer |
| Operator | Fernando Arribas |
| Composer | |
| Film company | Corona filmproduktion, Coralta Cinematografica, Oceania Produzioni Internazionali Cinematografiche, Talía Films, COMECI |
| Duration | 98 min |
| A country |  Germany  Italy  France  Spain |
| Tongue | English |
| Year | 1974 |
| IMDb | ID 0072263 |
Content
Story
Ten strangers who once committed crimes that caused the death of people are delivered by helicopter to a hotel in the middle of the desert in Iran [1] . There, a voice from the audio recording accuses them of murders [1] , and then someone kills them according to the children's count ...
Cast
A number of characters in the film are changed compared to the original book; the table contains a description of the crime according to the film and the closest equivalent from the novel (by crime, order or form of death):
| Actor | Role | Equivalent in the novel |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Aznavour | artist Michelle Raven (two people moved in Paris while driving while intoxicated) | Tony marston |
| Stefan Audran | actress Ilona Morgan (ruined her husband "in the most cold-blooded and cruel way") | Emily Brent |
| Elke Sommer | secretary Vera Clyde (poisoned her sister's groom) | Vera Claythorne |
| Geert Frobe | police officer Wilhelm Blor (framed an innocent who died in prison) | ex-policeman William Blor |
| Herbert Lom | Dr. Edward Armstrong (killed a woman, operating while intoxicated) | Dr. Edward Armstrong |
| Oliver Reed | businessman Hugh Lombard (killed his pregnant mistress) | Philip Lombard |
| Richard Attenborough | Judge Arthur Cannon (according to audio: sentenced the innocent to hanging) | Judge Lawrence John Wargrave |
| Maria Rum | servant Elsa Martino (helped her husband destroy a sick housewife) | Ethel Rogers |
| Alfredo de Mendoza | servant of Otto Martino (killed the sick mistress, who included him and his wife in the will) | Thomas Rogers |
| Adolfo Celi | General Andre Salve (killed five of his subordinates) | General John MacArthur |
Camera crew and production features
Filming was conducted in Isfahan ( Iran ) in the old Shah Abbas Hotel, dating back to the Soltan Hussein caravanserai (now the Abbasi Hotel ) [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Terry Rowan. Christie, Agatha // Whodoneit! A Film Guide . - 2015. - P. 65. - ISBN 9781312308060 .
Links
- " Ten Little Indians ” on the Internet Movie Database
- Reviews
- Ten Little Indians (1975 ) . TV Guide . Date of treatment December 11, 2016.
- Amber Wilkinson. And Then There Were None . Eye for Film (February 15, 2010). Date of treatment December 11, 2016.