Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Death on the Nile is a 1978 British film based on the Agatha Christie mystery novel of the same name, directed by John Guillermin and adapted by Anthony Shaffer. The film features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, played by Peter Ustinov, plus an all-star cast.It takes place in Egypt, mostly on a period paddle steamer on the Nile River. Many of the cultural highlights of Egypt are also featured in the film, such as the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx, and temples at Abu Simbel and Karnak, even though the locations are not in sequence. The boat trip starts in Aswan, follows to Karnak and then to Abu Simbel which is upstreams from Assuan. Furthermore, it was never possible to go by boat from Assuan to Abu Simbel, even before the Aswan Dam was built because of the cataracts near Aswan.Death on the Nile won an Academy Award for its costume design."@en }
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- Death_on_the_Nile_(1978_film) abstract "Death on the Nile is a 1978 British film based on the Agatha Christie mystery novel of the same name, directed by John Guillermin and adapted by Anthony Shaffer. The film features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, played by Peter Ustinov, plus an all-star cast.It takes place in Egypt, mostly on a period paddle steamer on the Nile River. Many of the cultural highlights of Egypt are also featured in the film, such as the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx, and temples at Abu Simbel and Karnak, even though the locations are not in sequence. The boat trip starts in Aswan, follows to Karnak and then to Abu Simbel which is upstreams from Assuan. Furthermore, it was never possible to go by boat from Assuan to Abu Simbel, even before the Aswan Dam was built because of the cataracts near Aswan.Death on the Nile won an Academy Award for its costume design.".