mbabilas

A very stylish movie with well justified Academy Award for the costumes. However, for anyone who has had the first hand experience of Nile cruising, basic mistakes in the geography of Egypt are plain ridiculous (it looks like neither Agatha Christie nor the script-writer was to Egypt). As far far as mystery goes, there seem to be too many lucky coincidences necessary for an allegedly perfect crime. Peter Ustinov as Poirot (otherwise well acting) seems a bit miscast. David Niven is slightly on autopilot but Mia Farrow, Bette Davis and the rest of the supporting cast saved the movie.

This one is an absolute must. Full of absurd humour, it provides an excellent insight into Poland of the early 70s. The movie features a group of people gathered on a cruise ship - a picture of the society in a nutshell. Some lines have entered the common Polish language. Most probably, however, it is quite hermetic and barely understandable outside of Poland.