Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Denis Podalydès | ... | Joseph Rouletabille | |
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Jean-Noël Brouté | ... | Sainclair |
Sabine Azéma | ... | Mathilde Stangerson | |
Pierre Arditi | ... | Inspecteur Frédéric Larsan | |
Claude Rich | ... | Le juge De Marquet | |
Olivier Gourmet | ... | Robert Darzac | |
Michael Lonsdale | ... | Stangerson | |
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Julos Beaucarne | ... | Le père Jacques |
Isabelle Candelier | ... | Madame Bernier | |
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Dominique Parent | ... | Monsieur Bernier |
George Aguilar | ... | Petit-Pied - le garde-chasse | |
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Scali Delpeyrat | ... | Le greffier |
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Patrick Ligardes | ... | Le brigadier |
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Sylvain Solustri | ... | William, homme en noir |
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Vincent Vedo Velli | ... | Marcel, homme en noir |
A woman is sleeping in her bedroom. Her room can not be opened from the outside, but only from inside. When suddenly one night somebody attempted to murder her. Before the police arrived the killer fled and was not to be found. The police come to investigate who the killer is and how did he get inside. Written by lovethebook
Interesting comical actor direction... But nothing even close to the wit that we can read in the book. Another one of those sad cases where the book, much longer than a 2-hour adaptation would allow, is twice more interesting than the movie. And it's always sad, for someone who read the book before, to notice that they didn't hesitate to remove most of the secondary plot lines, and even change the configuration of the infamous "Yellow Room" (which was very important to the plot).
But my worst worry would be for some of the actors they hired. Father Jacques is played by a man with an accent (what a stupid idea!) and a very bad actor. But even worse is Robert Darzac -- described as elegant and charming in the book, he also wears a mustache... Which he doesn't in the movie. Of course, the movie also forgets to render him as even remotely elegant or charming. And did I mention he's a very bad actor too? Well, maybe he just did what he was asked to do... Then it's probably the director's fault.
Do yourself a favor and read the book. It's excellent (and basically the book that inspired Agatha Christie in her youth), and doesn't need any of these fancy "inventions" that plague the movie.