Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
- TV Movie
- 2019
- 1h 35m
On an archaeological dig in Iraq, author Agatha Christie uncovers a series of murders.On an archaeological dig in Iraq, author Agatha Christie uncovers a series of murders.On an archaeological dig in Iraq, author Agatha Christie uncovers a series of murders.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Hutchins
- (as Col Farrell)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn her autobiography, Agatha Christie writes of her friend Katharine Woolley as being a fascinating character who was extremely demanding and rude, yet charming and well-spoken. Katharine was the inspiration for the murder victim Louise Leidner in Murder in Mesopotamia (1936).
- GoofsIn the first scene with Agatha and some guests on a dinner table one of the male guests is smoking a filter cigarette. Although, the cigarette filter was invented in 1925, filter cigarettes were not introduced into the market until 1936. As the movie in located in 1928 there is no way filter cigarettes would have been available.
- Quotes
Max Mallowan: Do I know you?
Agatha Christie: No, we've never met.
Max Mallowan: I'm sure we have.
Agatha Christie: Well, sometimes people think they've met me. It's an unfortunate consequence of being a bit famous.
Max Mallowan: [impressed] You're famous? Let me guess... You're the wife of a well-known politician?
Agatha Christie: [unimpressed] No. I'm not famous by marriage.
Max Mallowan: You're a well-known home-economist. Like Mrs. Beeton?
Agatha Christie: No, I'm not famous for my practical housekeeping.
Max Mallowan: I've got it. You're an actress!
[Agatha laughs]
Max Mallowan: . Retired of course...
Agatha Christie: [offended] My name is Agatha Christie. I'm a writer.
Max Mallowan: No, sorry. Never heard of you.
- Crazy creditsDisclaimer in end credits: "This film has not been endorsed, licensed or authorised by the estate of Agatha Christie or by Agatha Christie Limited."
- ConnectionsFollowed by Agatha and the Midnight Murders (2020)
Agatha Christie (Lyndsey Marshal) has divorced her husband and gone to an Iraqi archaeological site to seek inspiration to write romance stories.
Instead she finds love with a younger man. Max Mallowan (Jonah Hauer-King) an archaeological assistant is found by Christie after he is shot. The real life Mallowan actually ended up marrying Christie.
Christie also stumbles into murder then a monkey who has been poisoned and later found hanged.
Of course this could easily be a Poirot mystery. The desert, Babylonian artefacts being looted, a tablet containing a curse, an arrogant American tycoon and oodles of death, but that character is under copyright.
So Christie and Mallowan try to unearth the killer and also find time for some hanky panky. At times it comes across as Carry on Follow that Camel with a randy couple on the excavation site and some double entendres.
This looks more expensive than last year's Agatha and the Truth of Murder. It has been filmed in Malta. It was also more playful and lighter in tone in than the previous movie. I am not convinced that it actually made it a better film. I think Marshal fitted the part better than the previous actress.
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- Dec 15, 2019
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2:1