Queen of the Desert (2015)

Name: Queen of the Desert
Director: Werner Herzog
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Released: 2015
Duration: 2 h 8 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Beth Goddard, Christopher Fulford, Damian Lewis, David Calder, Holly Earl

Adventure Drama History

5.8 (313 votes)

2h 8m

Overview

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.

Details

Director: Werner Herzog
Writer: Werner Herzog
Original Language: English
Budget: $15,000,000

Cast

Beth Goddard Christopher Fulford Damian Lewis David Calder Holly Earl James Franco Jay Abdo Jenny Agutter John Wark Mark Lewis Jones Michael Jenn Nick Waring Nicole Kidman Robert Pattinson William Ellis

Keywords

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