#count and countess andrenyi

[lady-of-the-spirit]

Count and Countess Andrenyi are couple goals. Get you a man who will commit murder with you and for you in revenge for your dead family.

[silveragelovechild]

I just rewatched the 1974 version of “Murder on the Orient Express”. While the 2017 version directed by Kenneth Branagh was entertaining, the earlier version directed by Sidney Lumet is both superior and terrific.

Even 50 years later, the all star cast shines bright: Lauren Bacall as Mrs Hubbard, Sean Connery as Colonel Arbuthnott, Vanessa Redgrave as Mary Debenham, Jacqueline Bisset as Countess Andrenyi and Michael York as the Count; Ingrid Bergman (who won an Oscar) as the Swedish nurse. And of course Albert Finney starring performance as Hercule Poirot.

Aside from Agatha Christie’s wonderful murder mystery plot, one of my favorite elements of the film is the music by Richard Bennett - absolutely terrific. He won a BAFTA award and was nominated for an Oscar.

“Murder on the Orient Express” is available on Netflix until January 31.

[wishfulromancing]

Count and Countess Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Express (2017), dir. Kenneth Branagh

[adaptationsdaily]

Lucy Boynton & Sergei Polunin as Countess Helena Andrenyi & Count Rudolph Andrenyi Murder on the Orient Express (2017) dir. Kenneth Branagh

[navree]

fuck romeo and juliet i want whatever the count and countess andrenyi from murder on the orient express have

[thealmightyemprex]

Murderer on the Orient Express character comparisons part 2

Just a fun little exercise comparing the performances in the two big screen adaptaions of Murder on the Orient Express ,the 1974 version and the 2017 version,just cause both of these films have amazing casts

Will contain minor spoilers,but wont give away the ending

Count Rudolf Andrenyi is a noble with a temper

Michael York in 74

Sergei Polunin in 17

Both are good,Polunin doesnt say much but hes got a great physicaolity,but I feel like we get to know York more,and he balances the temper a bit better ,so point to York

74:5/16

17:1/16

Countess Helena Andrenyi is the wife of Rudolf

Jacquilne Bisset in 74

Lucy Boynton in 17

OK Jacqueline Bisset gets more screentime and does well.........But Lucy Boynton just steals the movie in her limited appearences ,really emphasizing her as an addict which is interesting

74:5/16

17: 2/16

Princess Natalia Dragomiroff is an elderly russian noble

Wendy Hiller in 74

Judi Dench in 17

Gonna be honest here folks:I find Hillers performance unitentionally funny so this is going to Judi

74:5/16

17:3/16

Hildegarde Schmidt is Dragomiroff's maid

Rachel Roberts in 74

Olivia Colman in 17

Boith are pretty equal ,but going with Roberts cause she has more of a presence

74:6/16

17: 3/16

Pierre Michel is the conductor

Jean Pierre Cassel in 74

Marwan Kenzari in 17

No question Jean Pierre Cassel is the winner,he brings a humanity to the role and he just is a more important character in this version

74:7/16

17:3/16

To be continued

@metropolitan-mutant-of-ark @princesssarisa @ariel-seagull-wings @filmcityworld1 @lord-antihero @theancientvaleofsoulmaking

[itsrainingfeathers]

What I liked about Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express:

- diversity

- Poirot's mustache

- the costuming (idk how historically accurate it was but it looked nice)

- the visible age difference between Linda Arden and Countess Andrenyi

- "Are you a prostitute too?"

- the bird's eye view on the train compartments

- the nice blue text

- Pilar Estravados (though I wonder how Hercule Poirot's Christmas will work, if Branagh ever does that one. Maybe Greta Ohlsson will take her place?)

- Hector MacQueen. That scene when his past is revealed? 10 thousand points to Gryffindor Josh Gad.

What I did not like about Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express:

- unnecessary action scenes

- the CGI scenery

- Poirot talking to a photo of some Katherine instead of God

- Poirot lashing out at suspects

- a bit of a jumpy plot

- the general atmosphere (too light, not enough tension)

- Kenneth Branagh's Poirot (he did a perfectly decent job, but idk, something about it was off. Maybe I'm too used to David Suchet, but my opinion still stands.)

- I wonder how Death on The Nile will work with that ending.

- The big reveal was...weak. Just weak. Again, not enough tension, not enough emotion, I needed that big talk about morals and law and justice and religion.

- Ratchett/Cassetti wasn't unpleasant in that child-murdering way as he is in the 2010 film (in which Toby Jones did an amazing job as him). He was just, idk, slimy.

- someone please get Count Andrenyi some counseling on anger management

I'm comparing the 2017 film to the 2010 film with David Suchet. Haven't read the book yet so I can't give my opinion on which one was more loyal to the original story.

[lilyjigglypuff]

🛳💘14 ships to Valentine's 💘🛳

Day 1

Helena Gründwald Andrenyi & Rudolph Andrenyi

"The Count is... protective".

|★| Fairy godmother gift for them: Reassurance

|♥| Count & Countess Andrenyi headcanons

Helena will always act annoyed for Rudolph overprotecting her, but she always be secretly grateful

The only person Rudolph will listen to is HIS Countess

Both will cherish intimate moments with just the two of them

Helena is his quietude and Rudolph is her fire.

After what happened, Helena won't want to have children

But an unexpected baby will lead her to trust again in life... and Rudolph will have not one but two treasures to overprotect

[onlyperioddramas]

hey there! love the blog, and i have a gif request if you don't mind: the count and countess andrenyi in murder on the orient express (2017) played by sergei polunin and lucy boynton? would be much appreciated! keep up the great blog! :)

Here’s your request. So sorry it took so long. 

- Vanessa

[weloveperioddrama]

Count and Countess Andrenyi from Murder on the Orient Express (2017) (requested by anonymous)

[thewildwilds]

Omg!!! I loved Count & Countess Andrenyi in the movie!!!!!! The whole deeply infatuated vibe I was getting from them was soooooooo good mmmm

anon you understand me!!! I know the 2017 adaptation is very different from the source material and a lot of people didn’t like that, but I enjoyed the changes they made, and ESPECIALLY how devoted Count and Countess Andrenyi were to each other.

[motionpicturesource]

Count and Countess Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

[wishfulromancing]

Count and Countess Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Express (2017), dir. Kenneth Branagh

[poirott]

hey there any idea where to watch all of the murder on the orient express deleted scenes? :)

Hey there, anon! Thank you for your ask. There are 11 deleted scenes on the Murder on the Orient Express (2017) dvd. Some have been uploaded online via media outlets and some by fans. I’m including links to the uploads, and my own screencaps of the rest of the scenes:

- Hotel Check-in - Poirot arrives at the Tokatlian hotel in Istanbul. He’s telegrammed specific orders about his room reservation (10 bath towels, 10 bottles of mineral water, etc). The scene introduces his OCD. I did a gif set of it.

- Poirot Bedtime Rituals - We see Poirot’s slimming exercises routine and moustache grooming. He’s wearing a corset. Here’s a gif set. The only look we have at Poirot’s famous moustache kit. Ken Branagh talks about the kit here.

- Pierre Michel (the conductor) interview - The only suspect interrogation scene they cut. It’s a shame because Marwan Kenzari’s performance is touching, and the location they went with for the interview is visually interesting.

- Departure - A great shot of the Orient Express leaving the station. We see all the characters inside the traincars as they speed past the camera. Poirot is at the very end in the last car, looking pleased. This isn’t a CGI scene, it was shot in camera.

- The following tweet from a fan has a video of three deleted scenes:

1) The Mr Ratchett/Poirot sequence from the Arasta Bazaar/Alternate Opening scene, an alternate - and much longer - intro scene of several characters before they get to board the train. The widowed Mrs Hubbard is chatting up a bunch of local children, Pilar Estravados the missionary is talking to a jewelry seller, Miss Debenham is taking pictures on her camera and spots the Count and Countess Andrenyi.

In the movie we only see Ratchett and the Count and Countess Andrenyi at the cafe, but no Poirot, who got cut out. In the full deleted scene he’s got a bigger role, he sees the Count fighting the paps and is about to intervene (rising from his chair), when the Countess arrives and the fighting stops. Poirot sits down again. He’s eating a lot of food, and getting excited over famous desert, and like the clip in the tweet shows, Mr Ratchett is also ordering him a bottle of champaigne, but Poirot asks for a cup of hot chocolate instead, and toasts Mr Ratchett in thanks. Chefs making the chocolate for Poirot and closeups of Godiva chocolate do not appear in either the deleted scene or the theatrical cut. I giffed the Godiva sequence here. 

2) Dreamscape - The full “Poirot vision”-like scene in b&w in which we get inside Poirot’s mind. It’s a sort of re-cap of the different clues Poirot’s gathered so far. He’s looking at all the suspects one by one, and there’s a cool group shot of them facing him. More on this scene below.

3) bits of the Poirot Bedtime Rituals scene I’ve already mentioned.

That’s all the scenes I’ve managed to find online, there might be more out there, the studio took down several clips. The ones left from the dvd are:

- Alternate Opening - B&w scene of Colonel Armstrong alone in a gloomy, darkened living room. He’s watching a projector clip of himself, his wife and daughter at play when they were all happy and carefree. Little Daisy is playing with her teddybear and dolly.

- Newsreel (Extended) - B&w reel of news footage and newspaper clippings about the Armstrong kidnapping case, “the story that shocked the world”. It serves as background info for the audience. Shots of the crime scene, the funeral, mother screaming on the floor, Daisy’s teddybear guarding a fresh grave.

- Breakfast - The extra footage that was cut from the Wailing Wall scene. After Poirot exposes the Chief Inspector, the Inspector wants to attack him from behind but Poirot intercepts with his cane without looking back. He doesn’t see the breakfast boy with the eggs who’s followed him to the Wall, and he swings his cane, hitting theeggs by accident. The tops of the eggs the boy is holding out to him, are cut off. Next shot is of Poirot finally eating breakfast, he’s seated by the Wall, with the boy and a waiter standing beside him.

- Train Montage - A short clip of Orient Express staff/waiters setting the tables, bringing in crates of food, arranging champaigne bottles, etc. Just a few extra shots that didn’t make it into the film.

- Luggage - Bouc and Michel the conductor going through some of the passengers’ luggage. Mostly closeups of the contents of their suitcases, with quick shots of Estravados the missionary, Schmidt the maid, Marquez the salesman and Hardmanthe professor, and one extra line from Estravados.

There are about 30 mins of other deleted footage that never landed on the dvd, including two major action scenes - Poirot chasing MacQueen the assistant out in the blizzard, shooting at MacQueen in warning, then saving him from drowning when the man falls into a river, and Poirot defending himself from Dr Arbuthnot, almost falling off the train and using his wits to get back inside.

Changes from the original script to the theatrical cut: The original denouement scene happened in the dining car like in the book (and the 1974 movie), not outside, though I’m not sure if they ever filmed the first version. There are some huge differences between the original script and the film. A lot of the clue-explaining, some of the exposition, character-establishing and other character moments, extra lines from interrogation scenes, chunks of dialog, etc, were cut. Settings and certain lines of dialogue were changed. More canon quotes were added into the movie, such as Poirot’s famous “My name is Hercule Poirot and I’m probably the greatest detective in the world” line from The Mystery of the Blue Train. Miss Debeham and Dr Arbuthnot kissed twice in the original script! No kisses in the movie. Pilar Estravados was Greta Ohlsson, like in the book (Estravados’ name comes from Hercule Poirot’s Christmas).  Poirot remembers his canon “love interest“ Vera Rossakoff. She only gets a mention but is kind of instrumental to him solving the case. Vera was changed into “Katherine” in the movie, a new character, someone from Poirot’s past. Was it because Vera might appear in future movies?

Most of the characters get a bit more screentime in the original script. Poirot has a HUGE, HUGE “getting-inside-the-detective’s-head” scene where he sees all the suspects frozen like ice, or like in a photograph, and he can walk through the photograph and observe each suspect, each frozen facial expression, and analyze what everyone told him in interviews. He’s looking at all the clues again in his mind, brushing away those that aren’t relevant. For the audience, this would have been a bigger and more helpful re-cap of the mystery compared to “Dreamscape” above. It would have been an amazing showstopper scene.

I wish they could have kept some of these scenes as one of the biggest criticisms about the movie was that the audience couldn’t really follow the clues and play “detective”, Poirot did all the explaining himself - and quickly - and didn’t give them enough of a chance to solve the mystery on their own. The screenwriter originally had POIROT ANALYZE ALL THE CLUES in great detail. All the clues from the book are present. Poirot’s all about the clues and observation. He brainstorms which suspect could be guilty, which pairs of suspects could have killed Ratchett together. He considers them all in his mind, all the variations and possibilities, and the audience can see his thoughts. He’s moving from one suspect to the next, in a “refresh my memory” sort of scene for the viewers.

He’s not “omnipotent” nor “guessing” like some critics have complained. He tells you how he came by the conclusions. He does it in the movie but originally he talked a lot, lot more, and the scenes were trimmed for time constraints. Some of the details regarding the clues were the first to go. I love the movie dearly and always will but there’s an even greater potential in the original script, I think. Hopefully we see more deleted footage on future dvd sets. :)

Thanks again for your ask! If anyone would like me to gif any of the deleted scenes, please let me know! :)

[adaptationsdaily]

can i request a gif set of the count and countess andrenyi in murder on the orient express (2017)? LOVE the blog!

hi! thank you so much! :)

here is the gifset!

[antiqone]

Murder on the Orient Express | Official Trailer 2: ↳ Sergei Polunin and Lucy Boynton as Count and Countess Andrenyi