Where was Death on the Nile (1978) filmed?
1978 film by John Guillermin
Death on the Nile (1978) was filmed in Pinewood Studios — 1 recorded filming location in the United Kingdom. It is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
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Filming locations
Also per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 12 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
London
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom
“By order of the producers, footage was sent directly to them in London.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Luxor
🇪🇬 Egypt
city in southern Egypt
“Four weeks filming were on the steamer Karnak (the historic ship SS Memnon) and the rest at places such as Aswan, Abu Simbel, Luxor, and Cairo.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Cairo
🇪🇬 Egypt
capital city of Egypt
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Abu Simbel
🇪🇬 Egypt
UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Egypt
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Karnak Temple Complex
🇪🇬 Egypt
ancient Egyptian temple complex
“For example, the characters are shown visiting the temples at Abu Simbel and Karnak the same day, apparently with no intervening journey time; these temples are some 480 km apart.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Hambleden
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
“The initial scenes set in England were filmed at the village of Hambleden, the main gates of Cliveden in Buckinghamshire and at the country house Compton Wynyates in Warwickshire.” Wikipedia
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Cliveden
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
country house in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Compton Wynyates
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
country house in Warwickshire, England, UK
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🏙 Towns & cities
Aswan
🇪🇬 Egypt
Egyptian city
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Nile
🇸🇩 Sudan
major river in northeastern Africa
“Bette Davis wryly commented "In the older days, they'd have built the Nile for you.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Great Hypostyle Hall
🇪🇬 Egypt
hall within the Karnak temple complex
“Bessner claims that the pillars of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak were built (presumably, he means repaired) in 1788 - this is incorrect, though eleven of the columns did collapse in 1899 and were reerected.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Colossi of Memnon
🇪🇬 Egypt
ancient Egyptian statues
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Egypt, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Also shot in these places
- The Dark Knight 2008
- V for Vendetta 2005
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005
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- Skyfall 2012
- Dr. No 1962
- The Shining 1980
- Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens 2015
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2011
- Doctor Strange 2016
- A Clockwork Orange 1971
- Casino Royale 2006
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- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Resistance: Fall of Man
- Watch Dogs: Legion
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Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Death on the Nile have?
1 place recorded on Wikidata, and 12 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United Kingdom.
Was Death on the Nile filmed at a studio?
Yes. Pinewood Studios, recorded on Wikidata as a filming location.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
The Dark Knight (2008), V for Vendetta (2005), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.