Letters from Baghdad (2017)
She was as controversial as the history she made.
Gertrude Bell, the most powerful woman in the British Empire in her day, shaped the destiny of Iraq after WWI in ways that still reverberate today.
- Date of release
- 2017-04-21
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Sabine Krayenbühl, Zeva Oelbaum
Casting
- Tilda Swinton — Gertrude Bell (voice)
- Adam Astill — Sgt. Frank Stafford
- Tom Chadbon — Sir Valentine 'Domnul' Chirol
- Simon Chandler — David Hogarth
- Joanna David — Janet Courtney
- Anthony Edridge — Sir Arnold 'A.T.' Wilson
- Amed Hashimi — Suleiman Faidhi
- Andrew Havill — Sir Percy Cox
- Michael Higgs — General Sir Gilbert Clayton
- Hayat Kamille — Mme. Jamil Zadeh
- Rose Leslie — Young Gertrude Bell (voice)
Interesting facts
Letters from Baghdad is a 2016 documentary film about the life and work of Gertrude Bell. It was executive produced by Tilda Swinton, who also provides voiceover work as Bell.
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