Film or book location · 1983
Vasalemma manor as Agatha Christie's England
The Soviet film The Secret of the Blackbirds, from 1983, was an adaptation of an Agatha Christie mystery set in England. Only three members of the crew were allowed to travel to London: the cameraman, the director and his assistant. They filmed wide views of the city there. All the scenes with actors were shot near Tallinn instead, at Vasalemma manor. The manor house was styled like an English knight's castle, and that suited the English story. Soviet cinema often turned Baltic places into the West. Another Christie film of the time, The Endhouse Mystery, was shot in Kaunas, Lithuania. At Vasalemma, the actors walked the halls of an Estonian manor while the audience believed they were in England.
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Eesti keeles
Nõukogude film "Mustade rästaste saladus" aastast 1983 oli Agatha Christie Inglismaal toimuva krimiloo ekraniseering. Londonisse lubati sõita vaid kolmel võttegrupi liikmel: operaatoril, lavastajal ja tema assistendil. Nemad filmisid seal linna üldvaateid. Kõik näitlejatega stseenid võeti aga üles Tallinna lähedal Vasalemma mõisas. Mõisa peahoone oli kujundatud nagu Inglise rüütlilinnus ja see sobis Inglise loo jaoks hästi. Nõukogude kino muutis Balti paiku sageli Lääneks. Teine tolleaegne Christie ekraniseering, "Endhouse'i saladus", filmiti Leedus Kaunases. Vasalemmas kõndisid näitlejad Eesti mõisa saalides, kuid vaataja uskus, et nad on Inglismaal.
Source: Russia Beyond (gw2ru): Soviet cities used as movie sets to depict the West. ↗