A Very English Murder

A Very English Murder

Limited Series 1974 · 2 eps · ★ 8.0 · Mystery

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A classic detective story based on one of the best-loved Golden Age crime writers, Cyril Hare, novel "An English Murder" originally published in 1951. The setting of An English Murder seems, at first, to be a very conventional one. A group of family and friends come together for Christmas at a country house, Warbeck Hall. The house is owned by Lord Warbeck, a dying and impoverished peer who wants to be among loved ones for what he thinks will be his last Christmas. The holiday decorations are up and snow is falling fast outside. The guests range from the Lord's difficult son to a visiting Czech historian. There is, of course, a faithful butler and his ambitious daughter. But when the murders begin, there is nothing at all conventional about them - or the manner of their detection...

Directed by Samson Samsonov · Written by Edgar Smirnov

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Boris Ivanov сэр Джулиус Уорбек
Aleksey Batalov Доктор Ботвинк
Georgi Taratorkin Роберт Уорбек
Irina Muravyova Сюзанна
Ivan Pereverzev Бриггс
Faime Jurno леди Камилла
Einari Koppel сержант Роджерс
Leonid Obolensky лорд Уорбек
Eugenija Pleskyte миссис Карстерс
Aleksandr Vigdorov секретарь Джулиуса Уорбека
Valeria Menikovskaya мать леди Камиллы
Vladimir Doveiko Стилс

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