MISS FISHER AND THE CRYPT OF TEARS
Australia / 2020 / 100 min / DCP / Adventure
Director : Tony Tilse
Script : Deb Cox adapted from Kerry Greenwood's novels
Cinematography : Roger Lanser
Editing : Stephen Evans
Music : Greg Walker
Production : Fiona Eagger, Lucy Maclaren
Distribution : Koba Films
Cast : Essie Davis (Phryne Fisher), Nathan Page (Detective Inspector Jack Robinson), Rupert Penry-Jones (First Lieutenant Jonathon Lofthouse), Miriam Margolyes (Prudence Stanley), Daniel Lapaine (Lord 'Lofty' Lofthouse), Jacqueline McKenzie (Lady Eleanor Lofthouse)
Premiere (DVD release october 2020)
After freeing a young girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, Phryne Fisher begins to unravel a mystery concerning priceless emeralds, ancient curses and the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of Shirin's forgotten tribe. A great adventure film like "Indiana Jones...", full of charm, fantasy and romance led by the sparkling detective Phryne perfectly embodied by Essie Davis.
Tony Tilse
Tony Tilse is a veteran Australian television director. He won the Australian Directors Guild Award for best direction of a TV drama series (periodical) and TV mini-series for Underbelly in 2008. He also directed for TV The Postcard Bandit (2003), and Murder in the Outback (2007) and docu-drama Scorched (2008); as well as several episodes of TV series like Farscape (1999-2002), Lockie Leonard (2007), Serangoon Road (2013), Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012-2015), Wolf Creek (2016), Grisse (2018). Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears is his first feature.