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Ein Unbekannter rechnet ab (1974)
Unflattering, Dull Retread of Earlier Versions
I have no idea what movie the other commentators on this site saw, but I think this 1970's adaptation of Agatha Christie's classic, "Ten Little Indians/ And Then There Were None" novel is terribly dull and, at some points, painful to watch.
As an Agatha Christie fan, I had my uncle searching for years (literally) for this version on VHS and finally received it as a present about 6 years ago. I am glad to have it as a collectible, but as art or entertainment, it is a DUD! The acting is bland and inept (something people seem to mistakenly perceive as drama), the concept is ridiculous (an Iranian desert? Come on!!!), the action/suspense is close to being non-existent, and nearly all of the dialogue is copied, line for line, from the much superior 1966 film version (though without any hint of character or meaning.) A wonderful facet of Christie's writing is that she was incredibly detailed and serious in her intentions, but kept a keen wit about her. The supposedly buffoonish, comic antics of the earlier films some of the other commentators have written about fit in well with the plot. It added a macabre sense of black humor. This is Agatha Christie we're talking about, not Herman Melville. Christie's writing was never dry or stiff. Unfortunately, this movie is!
And who came up with the idea that each character had to be of a different nationality? There were no Russians, Italians, or Germans in Christie's novel. It's one thing to add a bit of diversity, but all those clashing accents! I felt like I was in a United Nations meeting. This film version is even worse than the latest rendition, 1989's TV movie-of-the-week, where the setting is moved to an African jungle. The acting is actually better in the 1989 version than this one.
Ten Little Indians (1989)
"Good Movie" Reviewer Needs to be Imprisoned
I am not going to sit here and go on yet another tirade on how sub par this 1989 version of Agatha Christie's novel is. We all know! I do not even mind that we have some (albeit CRAZY) fans of this film that think it is a true masterpiece. But the reviewer who wrote "Good Movie" and rated this film 10 stars needs to be thrown in jail, never to see the light of day again.
Obviously, there are people on here who do not take movies or these open forums seriously. If you liked the movie, fine. (Actually, I do feel it is much better than the horrendous 1974 version). But 10 stars out of 10!!! Even if this film wasn't based on a classic Christie novel, it would still NEVER, EVER deserve to be garnered with that amount of stars. What do you rate "Gone With the Wind" if you rate this campy, TV movie 10 stars? And to say that it is BETTER than Ms. Christie's novel. That comment made me regurgitate my entire lunch about 5 times. Better than the novel... I could at least respect, if still disagree, if this commentator had said they liked the original film version better than the novel. But this tepid piece that plays like a middle school drama club production? AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!