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Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar. 95 mins. 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.
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar: Directed by Sam Yates. With Jonah Hauer-King, Bronagh Waugh, Stanley Townsend, Lyndsey Marshal. On an archaeological dig in Iraq, author Agatha Christie uncovers a series of murders.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Sam Yates
- 2019-12-15
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Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar is a television film, first broadcast on Channel 5 on 15 December 2019. The script was written by Tom Dalton and it was directed by Sam Yates.
The film's closing credits starts with an announcement:
In 1928 Agatha Christie is invited to join Leonard and Katharine Woolley at their archaeological dig in Iraq. Just after having arrived there she finds a young man who has been shot.
•Jonah Hauer-King as Max Mallowan
•Lyndsey Marshal as Agatha Christie
•Bronagh Waugh as Lucy
•Jack Deam as Leonard Woolley
•Rory Fleck Byrne as Marmaduke / Lord Ponsonby
•Crystal Clarke as Pearl
References to actual history, geography, and current science
In 1928 Agatha did travel to Iraq and met the Woolleys. She was however not invited by Katharine, but had met a Commander Howe of the Royal Navy and his wife at a dinner party. The Howes spoke about their recent trip to the Gulf of Persia. Agatha decided to go to Baghdad instead of her planned trip to the West Indies. She didn't meet Max until she returned to Iraq in 1930.
It has been two years since the sensation caused by her eleven-day disappearance and Agatha is contemplating giving up detective novels to pursue a serious literary career.
- Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
- Lyndsey Marshal
- Sam Yates
Trailer. Preview: Ep1 | 30s. Agatha Christie’s Transition to Romance. Clip: Ep1 | 1m 38s. Agatha Christie and Max Mallowan. Clip: Ep1 | 2m 46s. About the Film. In the winter of 1928, bruised...
In 1928, Agatha Christie travels to Iraq and is caught in a web of murder, intrigue and love.
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar. 2021. 2 hr 5 mins. Drama. PG13. Watchlist. Alternative history drama set in the winter of 1928 as young writer Agatha Christie, bruised from her divorce and ...
