Poirot boards the real Orient Express before solving its most famous murder.
In this travelogue, actor David Suchet journeys across Europe aboard the world famous Orient Express train, as he prepares to play Poirot in an adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express".
Acting
Suchet's obsessive preparation is genuinely endearing.
Production
Vintage carriages that scream murdered aristocrat energy.
Director
Chris Malone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Suchet spent decades playing Poirot; this journey was his farewell research trip before filming the final adaptation.
The real Orient Express route had already shrunk to a tourist novelty by 2010—this documentary captures its last gasp of glamour.
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