Length: 101 mins
Cast: Essie Davis, Ashleigh Cummings, Rupert Penry-Jones, Miriam Margolyes
Genre: Adventure, Mystery. Dir: Tony Tilse. Country: Australia.
In her debut cinematic adventure, join detective-extraordinaire, the Hon. Miss Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis), as she embarks on a globe-trotting romp of mystery and mayhem across the exotic 1920s deserts of the Negev, glamorous manor-house ballrooms, and the darkened back alleys of London. After freeing a young Bedouin girl, Shirin Abbas, from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, Miss Fisher begins to unravel a wartime mystery concerning a priceless jewel, an ancient curse and the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of Shirin’s forgotten tribe. Also stars Miriam Margolyes and Ashleigh Cummings.