Queen of the Desert

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.

Release Date

03 September 2015

128 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Gertrude Bell
Henry Cadogan
Richard Wylie
Fattuh, Bell's guide
T.E. Lawrence
Florence Bell
Hugh Bell
Winston Churchill
Sir Mark Sykes
Florence Lascelles
Judith Doughty-Wylie
Frank Lascelles