Miss Marple: À l'hôtel Bertram
- Mini-série télévisée
- 1987
- 55min
Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueDuring a stay at one of London's most elegant and venerable hotels Miss Marple uncovers a sinister undercurrent of corruption and murder beneath Bertram's stuffy veneer.During a stay at one of London's most elegant and venerable hotels Miss Marple uncovers a sinister undercurrent of corruption and murder beneath Bertram's stuffy veneer.During a stay at one of London's most elegant and venerable hotels Miss Marple uncovers a sinister undercurrent of corruption and murder beneath Bertram's stuffy veneer.
Avis à la une
What a gift to have the Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot series on DVD.
There's Miss Marple, the epitome of the spinster lady of good manners and breeding, if a little on the inquisitive side. Always aware of what's going on around her, collecting all gossip and facts which she will use to solve the murder that baffles the police. Joan Hickson played the best Miss Marple; she was Miss Marple - all cardigans and tweed skirts.
There's Col. Luscombe the old bachelor who couldn't be more unsuited to his role as guardian of a comely girl. Clueless as to parenting, and as unfeeling as only old bachelors can be.
There's Lady Selina Hazy, a dotty old dear if there ever was one. Ever gossiping, knowing something about just every one, she's the quintessential lady who rattles on and on. See her stick to Miss Marple like gum to a shoe. And Miss Marple is gentlewoman enough to allow her.
Chief Inspector Davy is the dull, if gentlemanly copper. Played by George Baker, who's also Chief Inspector Wexford in the Ruth Rendell mysteries. Hangs about the Betram Hotel eating muffins, while undercover to investigate some robberies.
Canon Pennyfather is the old gent gone vague, the absolutely most absent minded fellow there was. Definitely bats in his belfry.
Miss Gorringe is the receptionist at the hotel, ever stuffy and condescending to the guests.
Henry is the doorman, or concierge since we are in exclusive Mayfair, London.
Ladislaus is the oily racing car driver and two-timer.
We see a fabulous cameo of an Indian waiter played by Rashid Karapiet, who had played Dr. Das in Passage to India (1984).
Don't watch this movie for the crime, or the brilliant detective work and clever solution. But do watch it if you enjoy characterizations that amuse. Do watch it if you enjoy a brilliant author at her best, expertly crafting the oddest bunch of characters to ever fill a hotel.
Compliments to the director for bringing these characters to life!
Staying in a swanky, old-fashioned London hotel for the first time since she was a girl, nosy Jane Marple stumbles onto a baffling series of events involving a missing clergyman, a beautiful heiress in distress, a female thrill-seeker, a race car driver and a big robbery.
Highlights include George Baker as a Gilbert and Sullivan singing policeman. Baker's role is so pleasantly jolly it seems a shame, in retrospect, he's played so many parts where he's always cross. He's a delight.
Joan Greenwood makes a welcome appearance but it's sad to see her looking so old and tired, she was so sultry in movies like "Man in a White Suit" and "The Importance of Being Earnest" where she held her own against the likes of Alec Guinness and Michael Redgrave; and especially the exchange she has in the latter with Dorothy Tutin. Good company! Both are movies more worth seeing than this ("Earnest" is worth seeing just to hear Edith Evans say "A handbag?")
The plot's still convoluted, and one may have to watch it more than once to figure all the ins and outs; but it's fun to see Marple visit a diner where they're playing "Rock with the Caveman."
Joan Hickson is still the consummate Marple.
It's such a faithful and warm production. When winter breaks and the nights draw in, I can think of nothing nicer than putting on the fire, pouring a brandy, and curling up to watch Bertram's.
I will say that some elements of the story are a little far-fetched and require a stretch of the imagination, such as some of the robberies, but the production is so velvety that I didn't even give them a second thought.
Caroline Blakiston deserves a huge level of applause for bringing the character of Bess Sedgwick to life. When you read the book, she is the standout character, the interest and focus; Caroline makes her seem wealthy, edgy, and wild. To see what I mean, please check Polly Walker's performance in the poor remake. She is a great actress but doesn't bring the character to life. 'Bigamy, trigamy, what's the difference, scotch?'
Bertram's itself looks so believable. When I read the book, this is exactly how I picture it: sleepy, subtly lavish, and full of rich and retired gentlefolk, eccentric in their ways and style, suitably conservative in their appearance.
The main reason that Bess works so well, is that she stands out, she's so stylish, so dynamic, she wears some stunning clothes, that outfit she wears at the end is beautiful. The music as always is spot on, melodic and non obtrusive.
I've commented before on Hickson's superior performances, so I won't bore you with more comments, however, her scenes with Blakiston and Greenwood are tremendous. I was so sad to see Lady Selina leaving the hotel.
The ending is wonderfully done, so exciting, dare I sat it manages to out-do even the final few pages of the book.
10/10.
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesMiss Marple is directed to the "television room" which is said to be "tucked well away" and that "the Americans like it" as if no proper British person would watch. The British Broadcasting Corporation (who first broadcast this series) is credited with being the world's first regular television service with high-level image resolution, starting 2 November 1936. The disparaging remark about the BBC's first UK rival dates the episode's setting as after ITV's launch in 1955.
- GaffesA delivery van draws up in front of the hotel and the driver carries in a box of vegetables. No top-class hotel would allow such a thing: deliveries would go through a rear or below-ground service entrance.
- Citations
Chief Inspector Fred Davy: You'll have to excuse me Miss Marple. I've got to go and see the chambermaid, Rose Sheldon.
Miss Jane Marple: Ah, now, you'd do well to talk to that young woman. I've trained quite a few maids in my time, but I've never seen a bob curtsey like that since the St. Mary Mead players put on a French farce.
- ConnexionsFeatured in Arena: Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait (1990)
Meilleurs choix
- How many seasons does Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel have?Alimenté par Alexa
Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
- Lieux de tournage
- Sociétés de production
- Voir plus de crédits d'entreprise sur IMDbPro