Queen of the Desert (2015)
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.
Cast
Nicole Kidman
Gertrude Bell
James Franco
Henry Cadogan
Robert Pattinson
T.E. Lawrence
Damian Lewis
Richard Wylie
Jenny Agutter
Florance Bell
David Calder
Hugh Bell
Christopher Fulford
Winston Churchill
Nick Waring
Sir Mark Sykes
Holly Earl
Florence Lascelles
Mark Lewis Jones
Lascelles
Beth Goddard
Aunt Lascelles
Michael Jenn
Thompson
William Ellis
Earl of Chester
John Wark
Arnold Runcie
Richard Goulding
Havenhurst
Sophie Linfield
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