With the first delivery very recent, now comes a new film adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic, Murder on the Orient Express, that gives a new face to Hercules Poirot. So I keep recovering those faces and aspects that film and television have given our police officers and literary detectives. I already said that there were many, so there are a few others. It's a shame that most of these series have not reached us here, but several can be found on YouTube. Of course, in this article there are still no images so that everything remains in curiosity.
In addition to the famous Belgian detective, we have adam dalgliesh, of another great British lady of the genre, PD James, or veterans like the Scotsman John rebus and the dean of the Nordic policemen, the Swedish commissioner Martin Beck. We will also "see" his compatriots Falck and Hedstrom, the couple of fjällbacka de Camila Lackberg. And the germans Oliver Von Bodenstein and Pia Kirchhoff, created by Nele neuhaus. There will be a third more expensive installment.
Hercule Poirot - Peter Ustinov, Albert Finney, David Suchet, Kenneth Branagh ...
My list of actors who have lent their physique to the particular and very intelligent Belgian detective is long. Perhaps the face best known for television series is the british David Suchet. His Poirot is less affected than the recreation he made Albert Finney in the 1974 version of Murder on the Orient Express. And it is also more serious than that of Peter Ustinov in Death under the Sun (1982). Also his Poirot is considered the most faithful to Agatha Christie's books, whose family recommended him for the role. His last face is the Kenneth Branagh.
Adam Dalgliesh - Roy Marsden and Martin Shaw
All the novels of PD James in which the commander of Scotland Yard Adam Dalgliesh have been adapted for television. The top ten from 1983 by ITV, with Roy marsden in the title role. Then the BBC continued it with the actor Martin shaw.
John Rebus - John Hannah and Ken Stott
The novels of the Inspector Rebus series, created by ian rankin, are located in Edinburgh and have come to be called Tartan noir. The first one who put a face on it was John Hannah, seen in Four Weddings and a Funeral o The Mummy. But in 2006 he replaced it Ken stott, who was hailed as the perfect incarnation of the character. I stay with Stott.
Martin Beck - Peter haber
Al father and model of the many successful policemen and detectives who came from the north, it was created back in the 70s by the Swedish writing couple Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo. And of course they had to make him his series, Beck, which has been around for 20 years and 6 seasons. The veteran Swedish actor Peter haber puts your physique on it.
Erica Falck and Patrick Hedstrom - Claudia Galli and Richard Ulfsäter
We are still in Sweden. The couple created by Camila Lackberg in his novels set in the small coastal town of fjällbacka are Erica Falck (Claudia galli), also a detective novel writer and wife of Police Inspector Patrick Hedström (Richard Ulfsater). The Serie, The crimes of fjällbacka, consists of twelve 90-minute episodes.
Oliver Von Bodenstein and Pia Kirchhoff - Tim Bergmann and Felicitas Woll
Characters created by the German Nele neuhaus They have their ZDF series with two faces that fit quite well with those of the aristocratic policeman from the Taunus region, Oliver von Bodenstein, and his determined companion Pia Kirchoff. For those who have read the books, adaptations are Snow white must die, Some wounds never heal, Friends until death y The one who sows winds, reaps storms.
Guido Brunetti - Uwe Kockisch
The Venetian commissioner had his television series with 8 seasons. Adapted by the German channel ARD, Brunetti is the main character in the work of Donna leon, who created him in the early 90s. His books are translated into twenty-three languages. Here we could see her in First a few years ago and they replenished it from time to time. German actor uwe kockisch He put his face on it from episode 4.