

Letters from Baghdad
2017 · Movie · 1h 35m
Documentary
"She was as controversial as the history she made."
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Metacritic
71/100
Key crew
- Sabine KrayenbühlDirector
- Zeva OelbaumDirector
- Paul CantelonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tilda SwintonGertrude Bell (voice)
- Adam AstillSgt. Frank Stafford
- Tom ChadbonSir Valentine 'Domnul' Chirol
- Simon ChandlerDavid Hogarth
- Joanna DavidJanet Courtney
- Anthony EdridgeSir Arnold 'A.T.' Wilson
- Amed HashimiSuleiman Faidhi
- Andrew HavillSir Percy Cox
- Michael HiggsGeneral Sir Gilbert Clayton
- Hayat KamilleMme. Jamil Zadeh
- Rose LeslieYoung Gertrude Bell (voice)
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