A Very English Murder

A slow-burning, talky whodunit that traps you in a snowbound country house with a cast of uneasy guests and a clever outsider detective.

Directed by

Samson Samsonov

Genres

Mystery, Tv movie

Starring

Boris Ivanov, Aleksey Batalov, Georgi Taratorkin

Overview

A classic detective story based on one of the best-loved Golden Age crime writers, Cyril Hare, novel "An English Murder" originally published in 1951. The setting of An English Murder seems, at first, to be a very conventional one. A group of family and friends come together for Christmas at a country house, Warbeck Hall. The house is owned by Lord Warbeck, a dying and impoverished peer who wants to be among loved ones for what he thinks will be his last Christmas. The holiday decorations are up and snow is falling fast outside. The guests range from the Lord's difficult son to a visiting Czech historian. There is, of course, a faithful butler and his ambitious daughter. But when the murders begin, there is nothing at all conventional about them - or the manner of their detection...

How it feels

Tense, melancholic, cynical and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Mystery, family, class, deception

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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