Directed by Kenneth Branagh and based on Christie’s 1937 novel of the same name, Death on the Nile stars Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, and more, with Branagh playing the Dir: Kenneth Branagh. Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Letitia Wright, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo. 12A, 127 minutes One of the top elements was that there were so many stars who were possible killers… Sean Connery, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Jacqueline Bisset, etc., were all possibilities. A few years later, a version of the Death on the Nile story was done and was not as good. I saw it, but forgot the plot. Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock. French-British actor Emma Mackey plays Jacqueline De Bellefort, Simon Doyle's ex-fiancé, in "Death on the Nile." The pair were madly in love until Simon The soundtrack to Death On The Nile, a 2022 movie music, tracklist, listen to all of the 32 full soundtrack songs, play full 25 OST music & 1 trailer tracks. View all song names, who sings them, stream 6 additional tune playlists, scores, and credits used in the movie. Read 24 scene descriptions with timelines. There's more than one adaptation of DEATH ON THE NILE already; the most famous version is the 1978 movie by director John Guillermin, with Peter Ustinov in the first of his run of six appearances as Poirot, and a supporting cast that includes Maggie Smith, Angela Lansbury, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, David Niven, George Kennedy, and Jack Warden. Both in Death on the Nile and in “Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds” the detective talks with the doctor who examines the body. The important details such as the scorched skin around the wound on Linnet`s head (Death on the Nile 189) or the contents of Henry Gascoigne`s stomach make it easier for the detective to hold the investigation (“Four "Death on the Nile" is in almost every conceivable way a step down from Branagh's last outing with the character, to say nothing of the Peter Ustinov-led version from 1978 or the David Suchet Caden Stockwell ’25 explores its dark themes and slow pace. Caden Stockwell ’25 Oct 25, 2023. Eren Levine ʼ24 analyzes the new cinematic remake of Agatha Christie’s “Death on the Nile.”. The new adaptation is a fresh twist on the story last adapted in 1978, incorporating the political circumstances of 2022. The 1978 version was surprisingly good. It avoids both taking itself too seriously yet also doesn’t cheapen its own value. It knows what it is and the scenes floating down the Nile look fantastic. Being actually outdoors just can’t be beaten. And yes, it’s not a good time to film in Egypt. GB0oDM2.