1978
John Guillermin
Hercule Poirot is enjoying a well-earned holiday aboard a luxury Nile steamer, when a mystery assassin takes the life of an heiress and he is called upon to track down the killer amongst his fellow travellers…
A visually sumptuous and quintessentially British production, Death On The Nile won an Oscar® for Anthony Powell’s costume design and introduced Peter Ustinov (Robin Hood, Spartacus) in his first portrayal as the iconic Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Surrounding Ustinov are a stellar all-star cast including Maggie Smith (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie), Jane Birkin (Blow-Up), Bette Davis (All About Eve), David Niven (The Guns of Navarone), Mia Farrow (Rosemary’s Baby), George Kennedy (Cool Hand Luke) and Angela Lansbury (Beauty and The Beast, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Mary Poppins).
Based On The Novel By Agatha Christie
The 2025 restoration was made from the original 35mm negative, from which a 4K 16-BIT scan was made.
Colour grading and restoration were completed by Silver Salt Restoration – UK, who dedicated over 200 hours to manually clean and carefully remove sparkle, chemical damage, dirt and scratches.
This project was supervised by Jahanzeb Hayat and Mariana Ledesma at Studiocanal UK.
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