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Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV series 1989– )

The Chocolate Box (#5.6)

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Accompanying Inspector Japp to Brussels, who is receiving an award from the Belgian government, Hercule Poirot tells him a case from 20 years before... See full summary »

Director:

Ken Grieve

Writers:

Agatha Christie (story), Douglas Watkinson (dramatisation)

Original Air Date:

21 February 1993
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Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
David Suchet ...
Philip Jackson ...
Rosalie Crutchley Rosalie Crutchley ...
Madame Deroulard
Anna Chancellor ...
Virginie Mesnard
David de Keyser David de Keyser ...
Gaston Beaujeu
Jonathan Hackett Jonathan Hackett ...
Claude Chantalier
Geoffrey Whitehead Geoffrey Whitehead ...
Xavier St. Alard
Mark Eden Mark Eden ...
Boucher
Jonathan Barlow Jonathan Barlow ...
Jean-Louis Ferraud
James Coombes James Coombes ...
Paul Deroulard
Preston Lockwood Preston Lockwood ...
Francois
Linda Broughton Linda Broughton ...
Denise
Kirsten Clark Kirsten Clark ...
Jeanette
Michael Beint Michael Beint ...
Coroner
Lucy Cohu Lucy Cohu ...
Marianne Deroulard
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Storyline

Accompanying Inspector Japp to Brussels, who is receiving an award from the Belgian government, Hercule Poirot tells him a case from 20 years before. Poirot was a young policeman at the time and at the request of Virginie Mesnard, agrees to investigate the death of rising young politician, Paul Deroulard. The courts had already ruled that he had died of a heart attack, but she believes he was murdered. Poirot believed Deroulard had been poisoned, likely from a box of chocolates he had been given by an aristocrat, Xavier St. Alard. In the end, Poirot identified the killer, even obtaining a confession, but chose not to make it public, for reasons that he explains to his colleagues. Written by garykmcd  

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Plot Keywords:

Death | Murder | Detective | Belgian | Hercule Poirot  | See more »

Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Crime | Thriller

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Filming Locations:

Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium See more »

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Trivia

The filming locations are carefully chosen as some of the finest in Brussels. However, when Poirot and Japp arrive in "Gare de Bruxelles" - Brussels station, it is actually filmed in Antwerp. Brussels South station, as it would have been for Poirot to arrive from England, has been demolished in the 1950s. Other locations include the Grand Place (bronze statue of t'Serclaes), the tramway museum in Brussels Woluwe, the Cinquantenaire park and triumphal arch, the St-Jan and St-Stephanuschurch. Furthermore the court scenes were filmed in the Brussels Palais of Justice, which was the biggest built in the 19th century in Europe at the time. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Paul Deroulard: Can't you understand! It's our future and Belgium's future that I'm thinking of! The Catholic church has narrowed your mind, Marianne, just as it has my mother's.
Marianne Deroulard: But don't you see, Paul? You keep asking me to choose between *you* and my *faith*.
Paul Deroulard: I can't believe what you're saying, Marianne. You mean fresh ideas have no place in your mind? My God, we're into a new century, but you are *stuck* in the last! Just like your damned clergy.
Marianne Deroulard: Attacking the church won't help Belgium, Paul. It'll turn the people against you!
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