After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, an Australian adventuress, together with her devoted police detective friend, begins to unravel a decade-old mystery concerning priceless emeralds, an ancient curse and the disappearance of the girl's mother and massacre of her tribe.
Costume
Every outfit is a serve; the hats deserve billing.
Acting
Essie Davis carries the chaos with unbothered elegance.
Director
Tony Tilse
Essie Davis
Phryne Fisher
Nathan Page
Detective Inspector Jack Robinson
Izabella Yena
Shirin Abbas
Rupert Penry-Jones
First Lieutenant Jonathon Lofthouse
Daniel Lapaine
Lord 'Lofty' Lofthouse
Jacqueline McKenzie
Lady Eleanor Lofthouse
Miriam Margolyes
Prudence Stanley
Khaled Abol Naga
Sheikh Kahlil Abbas
John Stanton
Crippins
Nicole Chamoun
Shirin's Mother
William Zappa
Assist Commissioner Forsythe
John Waters
Professor Linnaeus
Mehdi Lamrini
Abdul
Brice Bexter
Captain Templeton
Holly Austin
Mrs. Templeton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Essie Davis had already played Phryne for 34 episodes; this was meant to launch a film trilogy that never materialized.
The movie deliberately mirrors 1980s adventure rom-coms like Romancing the Stone—Phryne was always the hero we deserved but studios wouldn't greenlight in that era.
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