Watch NowQueen of the Desert (2015)
03/09/2015
Drama, Adventure, History
2h 8m
- 59% (293 votes)
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One woman can change the course of history
Overview
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.
- Werner HerzogDirector, Writer
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$15,000,000
Revenue
$1,592,853
Keywords
- middle east
- persia
- unrequited love
- travel writer
- adventurer
- british colonialism
- diplomacy
- 1910s
- ottoman empire
- land dispute
- woman falls in love
- travel adventure
- biographical drama
- female explorer
- bedouins
- daughter of wealthy man
- british woman abroad
- suicide of lover
Top Billed Cast
Nicole Kidman
Gertrude Bell
James Franco
Henry Cadogan
Damian Lewis
Richard Wylie
Jay Abdo
Fattuh, Bell's guide
Robert Pattinson
T.E. Lawrence
Jenny Agutter
Florence Bell
David Calder
Hugh Bell
Christopher Fulford
Winston Churchill
Nick Waring
Sir Mark Sykes
Holly Earl
Florence Lascelles
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