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Queen of the Desert (2015)

Queen of the Desert (2015)

Drama Adventure History

One woman can change the course of history

Release Date: 2015, September 3
Directors: Werner Herzog
Countries: Morocco, United States of America
Production: Benaroya Pictures, 120dB Films, Palmyra Films, Sierra/Affinity, Elevated Films
Cast: Jenny Agutter, Mark Lewis Jones, Robert Pattinson, James Franco, Sarah Crowden, Mustafa Haidari, Damian Lewis, Christopher Fulford, Michael Jenn, Richard Goulding, Nicole Kidman, Beth Goddard

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.

Keywords:

diplomacy female explorer unrequited love middle east 1910s biographical drama adventurer persia woman falls in love ottoman empire british colonialism travel writer daughter of wealthy man travel adventure land dispute bedouins british woman abroad suicide of lover