A 1987 poster for the movie.

The movie is set at Swallow Nest, an architectural folly near Yalta.

Desyat Negrityat is a 1987 Russian film adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel And Then There Were None (the title of this version translates as Ten Little Negroes, which was very close to Ten Little Niggers, Christie's original title for the book). It was directed by Stanislav Govorukhin, who also penned the script. This film is 137 minutes in length. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1464x1050, 987 KB) Chateau Nid dhirondelle, près de Yalta. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1464x1050, 987 KB) Chateau Nid dhirondelle, près de Yalta. ... Broadway Tower, England The folly at Wimpole Hall, England High Service Water Tower (1895), Lawrence, Massachusetts. ... Yalta (Ukrainian: , Russian: , Crimean Tatar: Yalta) is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea. ... Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (September 15, 1890 – January 12, 1976), was an English crime fiction writer. ... The 1945 film version, showing (left to right) Barry Fitzgerald, June Duprez and Walter Huston. ... Stanislav Govorukhin (Russian: Говорухин, Станислав Сергеевич) (b. ...

Cast

• Vladimir Zeldin...Judge Lawrence Wargrave
• Tatyana Drubich...Vera Claythorne
• Alexander Kaidanovsky...Philip Lombard
• Aleksei Zharkov...Detective William Blore
• Anatoli Romashin...Doctor Armstrong
• Lyudmila Maksakova...Emily Brent
• Mikhail Gluzsky...General Macarthur
• Aleksei Zolotnitsky...Mr. Rogers
• Irina Tereshchenko...Mrs. Rogers
• Aleksandr Abdulov...Anthony Marston

Alexander Kaidonovsky born 23 July 1946 in Rostov on Don, died 3 December 1995 was a Russian actor. ...

Plot

Ten complete strangers are invited to spend the weekend in a lonely mansion on an island off the English coast. Once there, they realize that none of them know their unseen host, who has identified himself only as "Mr. Owen." Using a prerecorded gramophone, Mr. Owen accuses them each of past murders that the law was unable to punish, and promises swift retribution. Soon thereafter the first guest dies, the victim of poisoning. The remaining guests come to realize that the killer is murdering them according to the old Ten Little Niggers nursery rhyme. When their attempt to locate Mr. Owen by searching the island proves fruitless, they realize that the unknown assailant is in fact one of them.

Trivia

• This is the only film version to retain Christie's original title.
• It is also the only version to duplicate the novel's downbeat ending.
• This is the only film version of Ten Little Indians that does not change any of the characters or their pasts.
• This adaptation has never been officially released in the U.S., though an NTSC format disc with English subtitles is available.