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Queen of the Desert
Film / 2015

Queen of the Desert

Directed by Werner Herzog
DramaAdventureHistory

★ 5.8/10Audience rating

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her knowledge of the tribal leaders is used by the British to establish the Kingdoms of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

The story

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her knowledge of the tribal leaders is used by the British to establish the Kingdoms of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

Cast

Nicole KidmanGertrude Bell James FrancoHenry Cadogan Robert PattinsonT.E. Lawrence Damian LewisRichard Wylie Jay AbdoFattuh Jenny AgutterFlorance Bell David CalderHugh Bell Christopher FulfordWinston Churchill Nick WaringSir Mark Sykes Holly EarlFlorence Lascelles Mark Lewis JonesLascelles Beth GoddardAunt Lascelles
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Michael JennThompson William EllisEarl of Chester John WarkArnold Runcie Richard GouldingHavenhurst Sophie LinfieldJudith Charlie HollwayHairdresser Younes BenzakourAbdullah Hamza El MoustaatiOmar Abdellah BensaidiDispatcher Abdellatif ChaouqiLieutenant Megan SullivanSecretary Mohamed BoussalemDruze Sheikh Mehdi El OuazzaniWarrior Mostafa El HouariDruze Warrior Hamid NajahFortune Teller Mohamed ZiatOld Man Anas El BazHorseman Qualid MezouarDignitary Hicham HajjiMinister Abderrahmane BaallaSheikh Harb Nick N. RaslanShop Owner Salah AzadouHamad Ismael KanaterHayil Gate Keeper Fehd BenchemsiIbrahim Nadia NiaziFatima Fatima ezzahra El JaouhariTurkkiyeh Anas CherifiEmir Francis MontaryReporter Colin GoodwinGeneral Peter StevensonColonel Ayoub LayoussifiKing Abdullah Younes BouabKing Faisal Assaad BouabSheikh Sarah CrowdenLady Ascot (uncredited) Renee FaiaFarsi voice actor (uncredited) Mustafa HaidariFarsi voice actor (uncredited) Christina LowHandmaiden (uncredited)

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