Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar is a 2019 British alternative history television drama film about crime writer Agatha Christie becoming embroiled in a real-life murder case during a trip to an archaeological dig in Iraq following her divorce. The film premiered on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom on 15 December 2019. Filming took place in Malta and was directed by Sam Yates. Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar premiered in the United States on PBS on 18 May 2021.Langer, Danielle. Uncover the Truth in Three New Murder Mystery Films Streaming TVMeg.News, accessed 16 December 2023.
Plot In 1928, two years after her divorce and her 11-day disappearance, Agatha Christie travels to Baghdad, Iraq seeking culture and peace. Instead she is caught in a web of murder, intrigue and love. Agatha is unwillingly drawn into the investigation of the murder of an attractive young archaeologist and must unravel a series of mysterious murders.
Cast Lyndsey Marshal as Agatha Christie Jonah Hauer-King as Max Mallowan Stanley Townsend as Sir Constance Bernard Jack Deam as Leonard Woolley Katherine Kingsley as Katharine Woolley Waj Ali as Ezekiel Rory Fleck Byrne as Marmaduke Bronagh Waugh as Lucy Bernard Crystal Clarke as Pearl Theroux Liran Nathan as Faisal Walles Hamonde as Ahkam Waleed Elgadi as Doctor El-Memar Daniel Gosling as Hugo
Production The film was created by husband and wife team Tom and Emily Dalton who also created Agatha and the Truth of Murder which was Channel 5's most watched festive programme of 2018. This was shot in Malta, back-to-back with Agatha and the Midnight Murders.
Reception Described as "quite a treat" by Michael Hogan in The Daily Telegraph, The Times wrote that "what it lacked in unexpected twists and depth it made up for in nostalgic comfort-blanketry and good, clean murder".
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Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar at Darlow Smithson Productions