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An adaptation of the classic novel by Agatha Christie. Ten people are gathered on a desolate island for various reasons. At a dinner, a gramophone record informs them that they are all guilty of murder, and since the law was unable to punish them, their host will now do the job. One by one, guests die in a way described in a nursery rhyme that hangs in every room. As their numbers diminish, they realize that no help will come and that the punisher is among them.
–This adaptation is the only one with the original title of the novel ‘Ten Little Niggers.’ The book itself and other adaptations had ‘niggers’ replaced with ‘Indians’ and later ‘soldiers’ to avoid accusations of racism. ‘And Then There Were None’ is another popular variant.
–The film is also true to the original grim plot that leaves none of the guests a chance to survive. Nor does it change anything in the characters or their past except the motive of the real murderer.
–The filming was done in Crimea, its rocky cliffs hanging over the Black Sea helping give the impression of an island.
| Lyudmila Maksakova | Miss Emily Brent |
| Vladimir Zeldin | Old Justice Wargrave |
| Tatyana Drubich | Vera Claythorne |
| Aleksandr Kaidanovsky | Philip Lombard |
