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Basic facts

Original title Death on the Nile
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
Swedish release 1978-10-30

Cast

Peter Ustinov
Hercule Poirot

Jane Birkin
Louise Bourget

Lois Chiles
Linnet Ridgeway

Bette Davis
Mrs. Van Schuyler

Mia Farrow
Jacqueline de Bellefort

Jon Finch
mr Ferguson

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Art Director
Film Editor

Cast

Peter Ustinov Hercule Poirot
Jane Birkin Louise Bourget
Lois Chiles Linnet Ridgeway
Bette Davis Mrs. Van Schuyler
Mia Farrow Jacqueline de Bellefort
Jon Finch mr Ferguson
Olivia Hussey Rosalie Otterbourne
I.S. Johar Ahmed Rassoul
George Kennedy Andrew Pennington
Angela Lansbury Salome Otterbourne
Simon MacCorkindale Simon Doyle
David Niven överste Race
Maggie Smith Miss Bowers
Jack Warden doktor Ludwig Bessner
Harry Andrews Barnstaple
Sam Wanamaker Rockford

Companies

Production Company Mersham Productions (för)
EMI Films Ltd.
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Sandrew Film & Teater AB
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Universal Pictures Nordic AB 2008

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 119381
Date 1978-09-12
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3815 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 535-550-470-530-525-445-520-240 = 3815 meter.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.85:1 (VistaVision)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Reels 8 reels


Original work

Original title Death on the Nile (Novel)
Author Agatha Christie


Release dates

Release in Sweden 1978-10-30 Folkan Borås Sweden 139 min
1978-10-30 Royal Gothenburg Sweden 139 min
1978-10-30 Sandrew Helsingborg Sweden 139 min
1978-10-30 Metropol Jönköping Sweden 139 min
1978-10-30 Cinema Lund Sweden 139 min
1978-10-30 Sandrew Malmö Sweden 139 min
1978-10-30 Sandrew Norrköping Sweden 139 min
1978-10-30 Cinema Stockholm Sweden 139 min
1978-10-30 Folkan Sundsvall Sweden 139 min
1978-10-30 Sandrew Umeå Sweden 139 min
1978-10-30 Sandrew Uppsala Sweden 139 min
1978-10-30 Sandrew Västerås Sweden 139 min
TV showing 2000-12-31 SVT2 Sweden
2002-06-21 SVT1 Sweden
DVD release 2008-07-02 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 2019-09-14 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2019-09-14

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3811


Element type Duplicate negative
Carrier type 16 mm


Element type Duplicate negative
Carrier type 16 mm


Element type Sound negative
Carrier type 16 mm


Element type Sound negative
Carrier type 16 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 60 x 80 cm


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 18
Colour prints 5
Slides SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio



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