Greta Ohlsson – a Swedish missionary, “rather like a sheep”.

Princess Dragomiroff – a Russian expat cosmopolitan.

Count and Countess Andrenyi – a Hungarian diplomatic couple.Michel – the train conductor in the relevant carriage.For that I apologize in advance.įor those unfamiliar with the story but interested, here is a listing of characters to help you through, since as I said, they are the backbone of the story. I can’t quite prevent some little hints dropping in the course of this article that might spoil your viewing pleasure a little if you haven’t seen the films or read the books, though. In light of that, allow me to present a little guide to these adaptations, meant both for connoisseurs of Christie’s work and the films and for those who would like to try one version but are not sure which. Nevertheless, filmmakers do keep trying, and the most recent attempt is barely two weeks old. It becomes extremely difficult in Murder on the Orient Express, which contains about twice as many crucial characters as most of Christie’s other books, and for reasons inherent to the plot it is difficult to curb that number. That is not easy to match in an adaptation where you have limited space, and all she can say outright must be expressed by acting. She has the rare talent of making the character seem so alive in a few sentences that you can see them standing before you.

Her strength, beside flawlessly plotted mysteries, has always been characters. It is, perhaps, not the best choice of all of her work. As such, it is also among the most adapted ones. Murder on the Orient Express is one of the most famous murder mysteries written by Agatha Christie.

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