Tayna chyornykh drozdov (translated title Secret of the Blackbirds or The Mystery of Blackbirds) is a 1983 Soviet adaptation of the novel A Pocket Full of Rye. It starred Estonian actress Ita Ever as Miss Marple. The film was directed by Vadim Derbenyov.
Cast[]
- Ita Ever as Miss Marple
- Vladimir Sedov as Inspector Neele
- Vsevolod Sanaev as George Fortescue
- Lyubov Polishchuk as Adele Fortescue
- Yury Belyayev as Persival Forteskyu (as Yuriy Belyaev)
- Elena Sanaeva as Jennifer Fortescue
- Andrey Kharitonov as Lance Fortescue
- Natalya Danilova as Patricia Fortescue
- Yelena Ivochkina as Elaine Fortescue
- Elza Radzina as Miss Effie Ramsbottom
- Aleksandr Pyatkov as Sergeant Hay
- Alla Chernova as Mary Dow
- Irina Mazurkevich as Gladys Martin
- Boris Novikov as Mr Crump - Butler
- Tamara Nosova as Mrs Crump
- Vladimir Zeldin as Police Commissioner
- Mariya Barabanova as Mrs MacKenzie
- Lembit Ulfsak as Gerald Wright
- Yuriy Moroz as Vivian Dubois
- Nina Agapova as Mrs Griffith
- Veronika Izotova as Miss Grosvenor
- Svetlana Nemolyaeva as Dolly Smith
- Ermengeld Konovalov as Steen
- Dariya Derbenyova as Little Girl in Park
- Aarne Üksküla