Agatha Christie: Invitation to Murder

Television series
German title	Agatha Christie: Invitation to Murder
Original title	Petits meurtres en famille
Country of production	France
original language	French
year	2006
Production company	Escazal Films
length	90 minutes
Episodes	4 in 1 season
genre	Detective comedy
Director	Edwin Baily
script	Anne Giafferi
production	Sophie Révil , Denis Carot
music	Stéphane Moucha
First broadcast	November 14, 2006 on France 2
German-language first broadcast	October 31, 2017 on eoTV
occupation
Robert Hossein : Simon Le Tescou Bruno Todeschini : Eduard Le Tescou, Simon's eldest son Elsa Zylberstein : Edith, Eduards wife Liza Manili : Alix, daughter of Eduard and Edith Mathias Mlekuz : Antonin Le Tescou Grégori Derangère : Victor, Simon's youngest son Leticia Dolera : Victoria Sanchez Disiz , Éloi, family friend and doctor Frédérique Bel : Madeleine, singer and fiancée of Antonin Jean-Marie Winling : Paul, the family butler Marie Bunel : Louise, the housekeeper and long-time lover of Antonin Nadia Barentin : Madame Dupre, the cook Alexis Michalik : Richard, the son of butler Paul Michèle Moretti : Albertine, Simon's sister Antoine Duléry : Commissioner Jean Larosière Marius Colucci : Inspector Emile Lampion

Agatha Christie: Invitation to Murder (original title: Petits meurtres en famille ) is a four-part French miniseries from 2006 based on the novel Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie .

After the series was very successful with over 7 million viewers when it was first broadcast and a year later won the French television award “Globe de Cristal” as “Best Series”, it was decided to start the series under Agatha Christie: Kleine Morde / Mörderische Spiele (French .: Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie) .

The miniseries was broadcast for the first time in Germany from October 31 to November 21, 2017 by the broadcaster eoTV .

content

The Le Tescou family gathers at their Breton mansion to celebrate the 70th birthday of the head of the family. Simon Le Tescou is not the loving patriarch, but is feared or hated by everyone.

Shortly before he can make an important announcement, he is found dead in his locked office. Commissioner Larosière and Inspector Lampion are to investigate the case. Not only family, but also family friends and servants are suspects.

background

In the miniseries, it is not Agatha Christie's famous Belgian private detective Hercule Poirot who clarifies the case, but a commissioner Larosière and his assistant Lampion. In addition, the plot was moved from England to Brittany in France. The Château de Beaumanoir near the small community of Evran served as the filming location for the manor. The action takes place a few months before World War II.

The four parts were broadcast by France 2 for the first time between November 4th and December 5th, 2006.

See also

• Agatha Christie's Poirot

Web links

• Agatha Christie: Invitation to Murder in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Agatha Christie: Invitation to murder on Fernsehserien.de