Neudacha Puaro (TV 2002)

Director:

Sergei Ursulyak

Writers:

Agatha Christie (novel), Sergei Ursulyak

Stars:

Konstantin Raykin, Sergey Makovetskiy, Svetlana Nemolyaeva

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Konstantin Raykin	...	Hercule Poirot
Sergey Makovetskiy	...	Dr. James Sheppard
Svetlana Nemolyaeva	...	Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd
Aleksandr Lazarev
Vyacheslav Zholobov
Lika Nifontova	...	Caroline Sheppard
Sergey Stepanchenko
Yelena Kozelkova
Konstantin Zheldin
Olga Krasko	...	Flora Ackroyd
Yuri Chursin
Aleksandr Sirin
Roman Romantsov
Olga Barnet
Nataliya Vdovina

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

hercule poirot | private detective | murder | foreign language adaptation | detective | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Details

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

6 November 2002 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Неудача Пуаро

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd and Major Blunt are played by mother and son, Svetlana Nemolyaeva and Aleksandr Lazarev.

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Connections

Version of Agatha Christie: Poirot: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (2000)

User Reviews

Interesting Russian Poirot

Like three other Russian films made in the 1980s (A Pocket Full of Rye, Ten Little Indians, and Peril at End House), this one-based on the novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd-remains quite faithful to Christie's original story. Although none of these productions were "authorized" (they were made without the consent or permission of the Christie Company or Estate)they are all nonetheless well-made and close to the written works.

Following the murder of Sir Roger Ackroyd, Poirot enlists the aid of butler Parker and Flora Ackroyd to reconstruct the crime. When asked how many glasses were on the tray the butler brought the victim the night he was murdered, he is surprised the answer was two, but the butler tells Poirot "I always brought him two glasses." Poirot explains at the end of the film that the murderer has to fit certain criteria-six points in all. The killer had to know Ackroyd had a dictaphone, had to have a receptacle to hide same, had to have been at the Three Boars Inn, needed a mechanical type mind, had to have an opportunity to take the murder weapon, and finally needed access to Ackroyd's study after he was dead.

Konstantin Rajkin makes a very fine Poirot, and also Sergei Makovetsky is good as Dr. Shepherd. The latter actor is known as The People's Actor of Russia, and has won numerous film and theatre awards. This film was selected Picture of the Year by the Russian Film Academy. It also has great cinematography and period settings. If you can find a copy it's well worth the time to watch it.