Murder on the Orient Express 4K 1974

Agatha Christie is a brilliant English writer. Genius without exaggeration.

“Orient Express” is a novel written by Agatha Christie in 1934. Forty years later, in a brilliant production by Sidney Lumet, the movie moved to the screen. However, Agatha Christie was against the adaptation of her novel and believed that it was impossible to transfer the story of the Orient Express to the screen. Fortunately, the Queen of Detectives was wrong, but why she held such an opinion is a mystery. And geniuses sometimes make mistakes, but that's why they are geniuses, so that they can be forgiven mistakes.

Nothing is impossible for a director like Lumet. In the movie he managed to gather a brilliant cast, which at that time consisted of living classics of world cinema. Each of these classics clearly and competently played his role.

Lumet is a master of making movies within four walls. The interior of the Orient Express is recreated to the last detail and makes the viewer immerse in the atmosphere of the 30s. The effect here is the same as when watching Lumet's 12 Angry Men: the viewer really feels like a spectator, he is the one who is closest to the characters and watches them.

Albert Finney, who played Poirot, deserves special words. Finney is an unusual Hercule, not the one we are used to, not like David Souché (undoubtedly the standard) or Peter Ustinov. Finney is an eccentric Poirot. With choppy speech and a frozen expression on his face. But still, Finney is an excellent Poirot who is appealing in all his singularity. I like that kind of Poirot, and Lady Agatha liked that kind of Poirot.

“Murder on the Orient Express” - a classic adaptation of Agatha Christie, which will be interesting not only to fans of the writer and fans of detectives, but also just fans of retro. I can only characterize this movie as:

The best Agatha Christie adaptation.