Murder on the Orient Express

2017 film directed by Kenneth Branagh
Movie film Q27689100
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Summary

Murder on the Orient Express is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29,458 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: remake[3]
  • Director: Kenneth Branagh[4]
  • Screenwriter: Michael Green[5]
  • Composer: Patrick Doyle[6]
  • Genre: drama film[7], crime film[8], mystery film[9], detective film[10]
  • Based on: Murder on the Orient Express[11]
  • Followed by: Death on the Nile[12]
  • Cast member: Kenneth Branagh[13], Johnny Depp[14], Daisy Ridley[15], Michelle Pfeiffer[16], Lucy Boynton[17], Josh Gad[18], Judi Dench[19], Michael Peña[20], Miranda Raison[21], Penélope Cruz[22], Derek Jacobi[23], Sergei Polunin[24], Willem Dafoe[25], Leslie Odom Jr.[26]
  • Producer: Mark Gordon[27], Simon Kinberg[28], Ridley Scott[29], Kenneth Branagh[30]
  • Part of the series: Hercule Poirot[31]
  • Production company: 20th Century Studios[32], Genre Films[33], Scott Free Productions[34]
  • Director of photography: Haris Zambarloukos[35]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[36]
  • Commons category: Murder on the Orient Express (2017 film)[37]
  • Soundtrack release: Murder on the Orient Express – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[38]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[39]
  • Review score: 6.1/10[40], 60%[41], 52/100[42]
  • Color: color[43]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[44], United States[45]
  • Publication date: November 10, 2017[46], November 9, 2017[47]
  • Characters: Bouc[48], Hercule Poirot[49], Pilar Estravados[50], Cyrus Bethman Hardman[51], Princess Natalia Dragomiroff[52], Edward Ratchett[53], Hector MacQueen[54], Edward Henry Masterman[55], Dr. Arbuthnot[56], Caroline Hubbard[57], Mary Debenham[58], Pierre Michel[59], Hildegarde Schmidt[60], Countess Helena Andrenyi[61]
  • Distributed by: 20th Century Studios[62], Netflix[63], Disney+[64]
  • Significant event: principal photography[65]
  • Narrative location: Yugoslavia[66]
  • Official website: https://www.foxmovies.com/movies/murder-on-the-orient-express[67]

Why It Matters

Murder on the Orient Express has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [68] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [69] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  7. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1934
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