Was Death On The Nile Actually Filmed On The Nile?

Though some of the film's background footage was actually shot in Egypt and Morocco, it's clear that the vast majority of "Death on the Nile" was shot in England rather than on location. This production style is in stark contrast to the 1978 adaptation of the same name, which starred Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot and was directed by John Guillermin.

1978's "Death on the Nile" shot the majority of its footage on location in Egypt, and, perhaps more impressively, on an actual boat floating down the Nile River. "It was an extraordinarily rare opportunity to shoot in a unique and very special environment," recalled the legendary Angela Lansbury in an interview with StudioCanalUK. "We would get up at four or maybe three in the morning, because of the heat at that time in Egypt... so we were dealing with that and also with an old riverboat that we were working on."

Lansbury said that the boat they filmed on would sometimes travel under the power of an old steam engine, but for the most part, it was pulled through the water by smaller, quieter boats because its primary engine was too loud for filming. While it might be somewhat disappointing to learn that 2022's "Death on the Nile" was mostly filmed on an English soundstage, fans of Agatha Christie's novel can take solace in the fact that the 1978 film adaptation was actually filmed on the world-famous Nile River.