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.

Essie Davis
as Phryne Fisher

Nathan Page
as Detective Inspector Jack Robinson

Izabella Yena
as Shirin Abbas

Rupert Penry-Jones
as First Lieutenant Jonathon Lofthouse

Daniel Lapaine
as Lord 'Lofty' Lofthouse

Jacqueline McKenzie
as Lady Eleanor Lofthouse

Miriam Margolyes
as Prudence Stanley

Khaled Abol Naga
as Sheikh Kahlil Abbas

John Stanton
as Crippins

Nicole Chamoun
as Shirin's Mother
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Just short of being a film I enjoyed. It's worth noting I have never seen an episode of the television series, though with this being a standalone film it doesn't seem to be a problem - I didn't feel like I needed to know anything major throughout the 102 minutes at least. I almost felt entert...